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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. What sport does Brian Morris play?
(a) Hockey.
(b) Football.
(c) Rugby.
(d) Lacrosse.

2. The first person that Mary Nell Fickett confided in about Lisa Shilling's possible mental illness was...
(a) Mrs. Shilling.
(b) Elizabeth Frazer.
(c) Neil Donovan.
(d) Betsy Goodman.

3. Which character's father is a minister?
(a) Elizabeth Frazer.
(b) Mary Nell Fickett.
(c) Betsy Goodman.
(d) Lisa Shilling.

4. Lisa Shilling's conversation with her parents opens the novel. What does Lisa tell her parents during this conversation?
(a) That she is failing algebra.
(b) That she is dropping out of high school.
(c) That she thinks she's going crazy.
(d) That she is engaged to Brian Morris.

5. Betsy Goodman is most-fascinated with which actor/actress?
(a) Clint Eastwood.
(b) Shirley MacLaine.
(c) Paul Newman.
(d) Gregory Peck.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lisa wait until her friend is present to talk about a serious medical condition with her parents?

2. Lisa Shilling's conversation with her parents opens the novel. Lisa tries to talk to her parents about something important. Lisa's mother, Mrs. Shilling, responds by doing what?

3. The first person to suspect that perhaps Lisa Shilling did have a mental illness was...

4. The narrator of the novel is...

5. Which character is the youngest major character of the novel?

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