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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 - 10 (Pages 33 - 60).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which major character suggests that Elizabeth Frazer should join Lisa Shilling's impromptu group therapy sessions?
(a) Betsy Goodman.
(b) Elizabeth Frazer.
(c) Mary Nell Fickett.
(d) Lisa Shilling.

3. The narrator describes which major character as fulfilling the role of school princess (that is, regal, cool, far off, blonde, and slim)?
(a) Mary Nell Fickett.
(b) Elizabeth Frazer.
(c) Betsy Goodman.
(d) Lisa Shilling.

4. Who first decides to try and help Lisa Shilling?
(a) Tracy Shilling.
(b) Mary Nell Fickett.
(c) Elizabeth Frazer.
(d) Betsy Goodman.

5. While Mary Nell Fickett talks to Mrs. Shilling about Lisa Shilling, Betsy Goodman talks to whom?
(a) Mr. Bernstein.
(b) Mr. Shilling.
(c) Mr. Milne.
(d) Mr. Fickett.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The novel begins with a recalled conversation between Lisa Shilling and her parents. Which of Lisa's acquaintances is present for the conversation?

3. The first story that Betsy Goodman heard about Lisa Shilling's strange behavior happened on...

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

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

(see the answer key)

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