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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11 - 15 (Pages 60 - 96).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Betsy Goodman states that she is...
(a) Near-sighted.
(b) Deaf.
(c) Paralyzed from the waist down.
(d) Mute.

2. Which character begins the novel with a goal to be the first woman justice on the Supreme Court and ends the novel contemplating a career in psychology?
(a) Elizabeth Frazer.
(b) Mary Nell Fickett.
(c) Betsy Goodman.
(d) Lisa Shilling.

3. Lisa Shilling sometimes speaks with what kind of an affected accent?
(a) Australian.
(b) Spanish.
(c) French.
(d) English.

4. The narrator states that adults prevent anyone from "get[ting] to the truth" (p. 27) because they are...
(a) Afraid to admit they have failed.
(b) Evil and don't want to let anyone know the truth.
(c) Unable to comprehend the truth.
(d) Trying to shield their children from unpleasant things.

5. After Lisa Shilling's self-mutilation episode at school, her parents performed what action?
(a) They filed a lawsuit against the school.
(b) They incarcerated Lisa in a mental institution.
(c) They filed a restraining order against Brian Morris.
(d) They sent Lisa alone to Florida for six weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Betsy Goodman wants Lisa Shilling to teach her how to do what strange behavior?

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

3. The novel begins with a recalled conversation between Lisa Shilling and her parents. Which of Lisa's acquaintances is present for the conversation?

4. What sport does Brian Morris play?

5. Which major character is described as "a tall, blonde girl who seemed contained from within by taut wires strung from shoulder to shoulder, from head to hip. Self-contained and beautiful and distant, and suddenly mysterious" (pp. 59-60)?

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