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

2. Which character's father is a minister?
(a) Betsy Goodman.
(b) Elizabeth Frazer.
(c) Lisa Shilling.
(d) Mary Nell Fickett.

3. Lisa Shilling's only sibling is..
(a) Tracy, a younger sister.
(b) Brian, an older brother.
(c) Elizabeth, an older sister.
(d) Ben, a younger brother.

4. When Betsy Goodman and Mary Nell Fickett finally tell Lisa Shilling that the know she is mentally ill, Lisa Shilling responds by...
(a) Asking how they think they can help.
(b) Attacking them with a knife.
(c) Denying anything is wrong.
(d) Telling them they are out of line.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which major character says "'No matter what you decide to do, I won't be able to help you very much'" (p. 48)?

2. Which character is described by the narrator as a "quiet, distinguished-looking man about sixty who has real style...[he] can talk with you and make you feel instantly at home" (p. 30)?

3. In the novel's title "Lisa, Bright and Dark", to what does the term "Bright" refer?

4. When the narrator describes her mother as a "joiner" (p. 31) what does she mean?

5. Lisa sarcastically says she admires a particular books titled...

(see the answer key)

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