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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 - 5 (Pages 9 - 33).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, who "counts less" (p. 12) than anyone else in the novel?
(a) Mary Nell Fickett.
(b) Elizabeth Frazer.
(c) Betsy Goodman.
(d) Lisa Shilling.

2. Lisa Shilling's conversation with her parents opens the novel. Lisa tries to tell her parents that she thinks she might be crazy because...
(a) She can't stop thinking about Paul Newman.
(b) She can't pass her English class.
(c) She hears voices talking in her head.
(d) She's has nightmares constantly.

3. According to the narrator, who is the cutest boy in school?
(a) Brian Morris.
(b) Paul Newman.
(c) Ben Goodman.
(d) Neil Donovan.

4. Betsy Goodman states that she is...
(a) Near-sighted.
(b) Mute.
(c) Deaf.
(d) Paralyzed from the waist down.

5. What aspect of Betsy Goodman's appearance is "three thousand dollars' perfect" (p. 12)?
(a) Her breasts.
(b) Her teeth.
(c) Her nose.
(d) Her posture.

Short Answer Questions

1. Just after Brian Morris breaks up with her, Lisa Shilling begins to befriend which major character?

2. How does Lisa Shilling react when Brian Morris breaks up with her?

3. The narrator describes which major character as fulfilling the role of school princess (that is, regal, cool, far off, blonde, and slim)?

4. In the novel's title "Lisa, Bright and Dark", to what does the term "Bright" refer?

5. When Lisa Shilling first tells her father that she thinks she might be going crazy, he tells her...

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