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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. What does Lisa Shilling hope to accomplish by walking deliberately through a floor-to-ceiling window?
(a) She hopes to convince her parents she is mentally ill.
(b) She hopes to kill herself.
(c) She wants to show Brian Morris that she still loves him.
(d) She hopes to show her friends how impetuous she can be.

2. Which character's father maintains a large personal library with valuable reference books?
(a) Elizabeth Frazer.
(b) Betsy Goodman.
(c) Lisa Shilling.
(d) Mary Nell Fickett.

3. Why does Lisa wait until her friend is present to talk about a serious medical condition with her parents?
(a) She hopes that her friend will act as a witness.
(b) She wants her friend to pay for the treatment.
(c) The medical condition is about her friend.
(d) The medical condition was caused by her friend.

4. Betsy Goodman and Mary Nell Fickett try to diagnose Lisa Shilling by watching Elizabeth Taylor's performance in which movie?
(a) Cleopatra.
(b) Raintree Country.
(c) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
(d) Three Faces of Eve.

5. According to the narrator, who is "the gasp!!!!" (p. 23) of the school?
(a) Tracy Shilling.
(b) Jeremy Bernstein.
(c) Brian Morris.
(d) Ben Goodman.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator states that Mr. Shilling's primary motivation is...

2. What does Betsy call her affected smile that starts at the left corner of her mouth and then spreads slowly across her whole face?

3. According to the narrator, who is the cutest boy in school?

4. Which major character does Mrs. Shilling address as "'some sixteen-year-old bitch-to-be'" (p. 116)?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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