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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Lisa Shilling's mental condition continues to deteriorate, how do her classmates respond?
(a) They make fun of her.
(b) They generally avoid her.
(c) They tease her little sister about it.
(d) They generally are cruel to her.

2. While Mary Nell Fickett talks to Mrs. Shilling about Lisa Shilling, Betsy Goodman talks to whom?
(a) Mr. Bernstein.
(b) Mr. Fickett.
(c) Mr. Shilling.
(d) Mr. Milne.

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) The medical condition was caused by her friend.
(c) She wants her friend to pay for the treatment.
(d) The medical condition is about her friend.

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

5. Betsy Goodman believes that as an adult she will be great at being...
(a) Married.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A psychiatrist.

6. The narrator states that Mr. Shilling's primary motivation is...
(a) Fashion.
(b) Power.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Money.

7. Where do Betsy Goodman, Mary Nell Fickett, and Lisa Shilling first meet for an impromptu group therapy session?
(a) At the Long Island public library.
(b) At the Ficketts' house.
(c) At the Shillings' house.
(d) At a popular diner.

8. When the narrator describes her mother as a "joiner" (p. 31) what does she mean?
(a) Her mother likes to join various organizations.
(b) Her mother constructs articles by joining pieces of wood.
(c) Her mother belongs to a social club known as the Joiners.
(d) She's using a slang word of the 1960s meaning her mother is not very cool.

9. Elizabeth Frazer agrees to try to help Lisa Shilling...
(a) If she [Elizabeth] can date Brian Morris.
(b) Without any conditions.
(c) If Lisa will do Elizabeth's homework for a month.
(d) If she [Elizabeth] gets paid for her time.

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

11. Mr. Bernstein refuses to talk to Mr. Shilling about Lisa Shilling's mental condition because...
(a) He doesn't think it's his place.
(b) He thinks Mr. Shilling will hit him.
(c) He doesn't think Lisa has a problem.
(d) He is afraid of the social ramifications.

12. The school guidance counselor's name is...
(a) Elizabeth Frazer.
(b) Jeremy Bernstein.
(c) Paul Newman.
(d) Brian Morris.

13. The opening chapter of the novel is a conversation held in the kitchen belonging to which family?
(a) Fickett.
(b) Shilling.
(c) Goodman.
(d) Frazer.

14. Lisa Shilling's conversation with her parents opens the novel. Lisa tries to talk to her parents about something important. Lisa's mother, Mrs. Shilling, responds by doing what?
(a) Listening to Lisa's concerns.
(b) Asking Lisa's sister and friend if they would like more food.
(c) Telling Lisa she can't get married.
(d) Telling Lisa to go talk to her father.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The first person that Mary Nell Fickett confided in about Lisa Shilling's possible mental illness was...

2. Which character's father is a minister?

3. Betsy Goodman says her father calls "choosing what you want to hear and concentrating only on that" (p. 18) by the phrase...

4. Which major character suggests that Elizabeth Frazer should join Lisa Shilling's impromptu group therapy sessions?

5. The narrator describes which major character as fulfilling the role of school princess (that is, regal, cool, far off, blonde, and slim)?

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