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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. When the narrator describes her mother as a "joiner" (p. 31) what does she mean?
(a) Her mother belongs to a social club known as the Joiners.
(b) Her mother constructs articles by joining pieces of wood.
(c) She's using a slang word of the 1960s meaning her mother is not very cool.
(d) Her mother likes to join various organizations.
2. Lisa Shilling sometimes speaks with what kind of an affected accent?
(a) Spanish.
(b) English.
(c) Australian.
(d) French.
3. What trait is referred to in the novel as "'Locust Valley Lockjaw'" (p. 30)?
(a) Refusing to apologize for anything.
(b) Refusing to say something bad about someone.
(c) Talking without moving your mouth.
(d) Refusing to eat insects.
4. The narrator states that adults prevent anyone from "get[ting] to the truth" (p. 27) because they are...
(a) Unable to comprehend the truth.
(b) Evil and don't want to let anyone know the truth.
(c) Trying to shield their children from unpleasant things.
(d) Afraid to admit they have failed.
5. Lisa Shilling's conversation with her parents opens the novel. What does Lisa tell her parents during this conversation?
(a) That she thinks she's going crazy.
(b) That she is engaged to Brian Morris.
(c) That she is failing algebra.
(d) That she is dropping out of high school.
Short Answer Questions
1. Betsy Goodman believes that as an adult she will be great at being...
2. The narrator compares her newly-built school to her old school and notes that both schools have the same...
3. Where do Betsy Goodman, Mary Nell Fickett, and Lisa Shilling first meet for an impromptu group therapy session?
4. Betsy Goodman says her father calls "choosing what you want to hear and concentrating only on that" (p. 18) by the phrase...
5. Lisa Shilling spends her six-week vacation in Florida doing what?
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