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

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

3. The narrator states that Lisa Shilling's oldest friend is...
(a) Betsy Goodman.
(b) Elizabeth Frazer.
(c) Shirley MacLaine.
(d) Mary Nell Fickett.

4. According to Elizabeth Frazer, Betsy Goodman has something that Elizabeth and Mary Nell Fickett don't have. What are the three traits that Elizabeth enumerates?
(a) Health, wealth, and wisdom.
(b) Beauty, intelligence, and education.
(c) Warmth, naturalness, and simplicity.
(d) Strength, dexterity, and constitution.

5. Lisa Shilling has her friends promise that they will do something if she becomes violent. What do they promise to do?
(a) To keep it secret.
(b) To capture the episode on video.
(c) To run away.
(d) To call the police.

Short Answer Questions

1. During a barbecue near the end of the school year, Elizabeth Frazer deliberately provkes Lisa Shilling. Why does she do this?

2. Of whom does Lisa Shilling say "'You are quite the most rotten, sneaky, conniving little person I've ever known'" (p. 73)?

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. 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)?

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

(see the answer key)

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