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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4, The Tao of Laugh-In and Fear Itself.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Into what ward is she moved?
(a) A ward with other children with cancer.
(b) A ward for those who are dying.
(c) A ward with a group of anorexic teenage girls.
(d) A ward for those about to go home.

2. Why are Tuesdays the best days of the week?
(a) The worst part of the nausea has past.
(b) She has forgotten the pain of the chemo.
(c) She can have visitors.
(d) She gets to eat solid foods.

3. Why do most people not want to ask Lucy about her deformity?
(a) They are embarrassed.
(b) They are afraid of her.
(c) They do not care to know what is wrong.
(d) They don't want to hurt her feelings.

4. How does Lucy's test go?
(a) Smoothly.
(b) With minor complications.
(c) The surgery does not take place.
(d) With major complications.

5. How long has Lucy been acquainted with the idea of death?
(a) Since her parents had sat all the children down and discussed it.
(b) Since her grandfather had died when she was eight.
(c) Since she found out she had cancer.
(d) Since she was six when a family pet died.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the doctor believe about Lucy's jaw?

2. What does Lucy's mother insist that she be?

3. How old was Lucy when her family moved to the United States?

4. Who was not Lucy's favorite visitor?

5. With what does Lucy become obsessed?

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