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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. The narrator of the novel is...
(a) Elizabeth Frazer.
(b) Mary Nell Fickett.
(c) Lisa Shilling.
(d) Betsy Goodman.
2. When Lisa Shilling first tells her father that she thinks she might be going crazy, he tells her...
(a) That she should drink more coffee.
(b) That she should visit with a psychiatrist.
(c) That she's seen too many movies.
(d) That Shillings don't go crazy.
3. While Mary Nell Fickett talks to Mrs. Shilling about Lisa Shilling, Betsy Goodman talks to whom?
(a) Mr. Milne.
(b) Mr. Shilling.
(c) Mr. Fickett.
(d) Mr. Bernstein.
4. Which major character says "'No matter what you decide to do, I won't be able to help you very much'" (p. 48)?
(a) Betsy Goodman.
(b) Lisa Shilling.
(c) Elizabeth Frazer.
(d) Mary Nell Fickett.
5. According to the narrator, who "counts less" (p. 12) than anyone else in the novel?
(a) Elizabeth Frazer.
(b) Mary Nell Fickett.
(c) Lisa Shilling.
(d) Betsy Goodman.
Short Answer Questions
1. Lisa Shilling's conversation with her parents opens the novel. Lisa tries to tell her parents that she thinks she might be crazy because...
2. Lisa Shilling's conversation with her parents opens the novel. After that conversation what does Lisa do?
3. In the novel's title "Lisa, Bright and Dark", to what does the term "Bright" refer?
4. Which character begins the novel with a goal to be the first woman justice on the Supreme Court and ends the novel contemplating a career in psychology?
5. When Betsy Goodman and Mary Nell Fickett finally tell Lisa Shilling that the know she is mentally ill, Lisa Shilling responds by...
Short Essay Questions
1. What kind of a job does Mr. Goodman do as an insurance salesman?
2. Describe Mary Nell Fickett's and Besty Goodman's initial attempts to secure professional help for their friend Lisa Shilling.
3. Describe the chronology of the four main characters' friendships (in other words, who is friends with whom first).
4. Describe the nature of the relationship between Brian Morris and Lisa Shilling in the early part of the novel.
5. Mental illness aside, how typical are the four main protagonists of the novel?
6. Who is the narrator in chapter one?
7. In what is Mr. Shilling primarily interested?
8. Describe the family situation of the four main characters.
9. Why is Betsy Goodman the youngest of the major protagonists?
10. Why does the narrator spend so much time establishing which protagonist is better looking, which is more intelligent, and which is from a wealthier family?
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