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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. Lisa Shilling's conversation with her parents opens the novel. After that conversation what does Lisa do?
(a) Moves out of the house to live with her boyfriend.
(b) Goes to school and flunks her English test.
(c) Lays on her bead and smashes her head against the headboard.
(d) Goes shopping with her friends.

2. According to the narrator, who is "the gasp!!!!" (p. 23) of the school?
(a) Brian Morris.
(b) Tracy Shilling.
(c) Jeremy Bernstein.
(d) Ben Goodman.

3. Just after Brian Morris breaks up with her, Lisa Shilling begins to befriend which major character?
(a) Neil Donovan.
(b) Mary Nell Fickett.
(c) Betsy Goodman.
(d) Elizabeth Frazer.

4. Which character's father maintains a large personal library with valuable reference books?
(a) Betsy Goodman.
(b) Lisa Shilling.
(c) Mary Nell Fickett.
(d) Elizabeth Frazer.

5. Betsy Goodman says her father calls "choosing what you want to hear and concentrating only on that" (p. 18) by the phrase...
(a) Living in your own world.
(b) Wishful thinking.
(c) A blind spot.
(d) Selective inattention.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator states that Lisa Shilling's oldest friend is...

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

4. The narrator compares her newly-built school to her old school and notes that both schools have the same...

5. What sport does Brian Morris play?

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