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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. The first person to suspect that perhaps Lisa Shilling did have a mental illness was...
(a) Mrs. Shilling.
(b) Betsy Goodman.
(c) Mary Nell Fickett.
(d) Mr. Shilling.

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

3. After Lisa Shilling's first public outburst of irrational behavior amidst a group of friends occurred, Mary Nell Fickett apologized by saying...
(a) That Lisa had just broken up with her boyfriend.
(b) It was Lisa's menstrual cycle..
(c) Betsy and Lisa had been using psychedelic drugs.
(d) She and Lisa were stressed about school

4. In the novel's title "Lisa, Bright and Dark", to what does the term "Bright" refer?
(a) Lisa's use of an English accent when talking.
(b) Lisa's periods of relative normalcy.
(c) Lisa's obsession with the sun.
(d) Lisa's periods of mental illness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Mary Nell Fickett and Betsy Goodman initially turn to what source of information to research mental illness?

2. The narrator describes which major character as fulfilling the role of school princess (that is, regal, cool, far off, blonde, and slim)?

3. Elizabeth Frazer agrees to try to help Lisa Shilling...

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

5. After Lisa Shilling's self-mutilation episode at school, her parents performed what action?

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