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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. How does Mrs. Shilling respond when Mary Nell Fickett tries to tell her that Lisa Shilling has a mental illness that needs treatment?
(a) She refuses to listen and tells Mary Nell to go away.
(b) She immediately calls a mental hospital.
(c) She slaps Mary Nell and calls the police.
(d) She laughs and says she already knows.

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

3. Lisa sarcastically says she admires a particular books titled...
(a) The Voyeur by Robbe-Grillet (translated by Howard).
(b) Principles of Abnormal Psychology by Maslow and Mittelmann.
(c) Lisa, Bright and Dark by Neufeld.
(d) Moby Dick by Melville.

4. According to the narrator, who is the cutest boy in school?
(a) Ben Goodman.
(b) Neil Donovan.
(c) Paul Newman.
(d) Brian Morris.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Betsy Goodman asks Jeremy Bernstein about Lisa Shilling's mental illness. Bernstein responds by...

2. The narrator states that adults prevent anyone from "get[ting] to the truth" (p. 27) because they are...

3. Which character is described by the narrator as looking "like Shelley Winters playing a roadhouse pick-up...stretch-pants two sizes too small, preshrunk sweaters with classic midriff bulge, a fur coat slung over her shoulders, and a scarf hiding the curlers in her hair" (p. 29)?

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

5. According to the narrator, Jeremy Bernstein's primary job function is...

(see the answer key)

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