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

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

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

4. The novel begins with a recalled conversation between Lisa Shilling and her parents. Which of Lisa's acquaintances is present for the conversation?
(a) Elizabeth Frazer.
(b) Brian Morris.
(c) Mary Nell Fickett.
(d) Betsy Goodman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Lisa Shilling's conversation with her parents opens the novel. What does Lisa tell her parents during this conversation?

2. After spending a few hours researching various topics in psychology and mental illness, Betsy Goodman is confused and decides to...

3. According to the narrator, who is "the gasp!!!!" (p. 23) of the school?

4. Lisa Shilling spends her six-week vacation in Florida doing what?

5. What is the profession of Betsy Goodman's father ?

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