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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 - 20 (Pages 97 - 130).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Lisa Shilling first tells her father that she thinks she might be going crazy, he tells her...
(a) That she should visit with a psychiatrist.
(b) That she should drink more coffee.
(c) That Shillings don't go crazy.
(d) That she's seen too many movies.

2. The novel is set in what U.S. State?
(a) Georgia.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) New York.

3. In the novel's title "Lisa, Bright and Dark", to what does the term "Dark" refer?
(a) Lisa's relationship with her boyfriend Brian.
(b) Lisa's periods of mental illness.
(c) Lisa's periods of relative normalcy.
(d) Lisa's fascination with going to see movies.

4. Which major character enters an emotionless "precatatonic stage...with neither the desire to live or speak normally" (p. 109)?
(a) Lisa Shilling.
(b) Mary Nell Fickett.
(c) Elizabeth Frazer.
(d) Betsy Goodman.

5. Which major character always eats fattening foods like mayonnaise but still has a slim figure?
(a) Mary Nell Fickett.
(b) Betsy Goodman.
(c) Lisa Shilling.
(d) Elizabeth Frazer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lisa Shilling's conversation with her parents opens the novel. After that conversation what does Lisa do?

2. When Betsy Goodman and Mary Nell Fickett finally tell Lisa Shilling that the know she is mentally ill, Lisa Shilling responds by...

3. Why does Brian Morris break up his relationship with Lisa Shilling?

4. How does Lisa Shilling react when Brian Morris breaks up with her?

5. How do the teachers at Lisa Shilling's school agree to "help" (p. 90) Lisa?

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