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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the novel's title "Lisa, Bright and Dark", to what does the term "Bright" refer?
(a) Lisa's obsession with the sun.
(b) Lisa's use of an English accent when talking.
(c) Lisa's periods of mental illness.
(d) Lisa's periods of relative normalcy.

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

3. Betsy Goodman asks Jeremy Bernstein about Lisa Shilling's mental illness. Bernstein responds by...
(a) Saying he will take over Lisa's therapy.
(b) Saying Betsy won't be able to help but offering to lend Betsy some books.
(c) Telling Betsy to focus on her schoolwork and leave Lisa alone.
(d) Suggesting Betsy is doing more harm than good.

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

5. Lisa Shilling spends her six-week vacation in Florida doing what?
(a) Babysitting her older sister's two children.
(b) Canoeing through the Everglades.
(c) Staring at the ocean.
(d) Goofing off at Disneyworld.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, Jeremy Bernstein's primary job function is...

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

3. 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?

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

5. The narrator states that Lisa Shilling's oldest friend is...

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Betsy Goodman the youngest of the major protagonists?

2. What kind of a job does Mr. Jackson do as the school principal?

3. What aspect of Mary Nell Fickett's personality is demonstrated by her voluminous reading of psychology textbooks?

4. Describe the family situation of the four main characters.

5. Why does Lisa Shilling find herself attracted to Elizabeth Frazer, as a potential friend?

6. Why does Lisa Shilling tell her parents that she thinks she is mentally ill in front of her friend Mary Nell Fickett?

7. In what is Mr. Shilling primarily interested?

8. Why do Mr. and Mrs. Shilling ignore their daughter's repeated assertions that she is mentally ill?

9. Describe Mary Nell Fickett's and Besty Goodman's initial attempts to secure professional help for their friend Lisa Shilling.

10. Describe the nature of the relationship between Brian Morris and Lisa Shilling in the early part of the novel.

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