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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. How does Lisa Shilling react when Brian Morris breaks up with her?
(a) She blames Mary Nell Fickett for coming between them.
(b) She weeps hysterically for weeks.
(c) She seems largely unaffected.
(d) She begins to stalk him.

2. Which character begins the novel with a goal to be the first woman justice on the Supreme Court and ends the novel contemplating a career in psychology?
(a) Mary Nell Fickett.
(b) Elizabeth Frazer.
(c) Lisa Shilling.
(d) Betsy Goodman.

3. 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's has nightmares constantly.
(b) She hears voices talking in her head.
(c) She can't stop thinking about Paul Newman.
(d) She can't pass her English class.

4. Why does Lisa wait until her friend is present to talk about a serious medical condition with her parents?
(a) She wants her friend to pay for the treatment.
(b) She hopes that her friend will act as a witness.
(c) The medical condition is about her friend.
(d) The medical condition was caused by her friend.

5. The narrator of the novel is...
(a) Betsy Goodman.
(b) Elizabeth Frazer.
(c) Lisa Shilling.
(d) Mary Nell Fickett.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Lisa Shilling's first public outburst of irrational behavior amidst a group of friends occurred, Mary Nell Fickett apologized by saying...

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

3. What aspect of Betsy Goodman's appearance is "three thousand dollars' perfect" (p. 12)?

4. Betsy Goodman believes that as an adult she will be great at being...

5. According to the narrator, who "counts less" (p. 12) than anyone else in the novel?

(see the answer key)

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