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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Lucy complains of severe jaw pain, what does her mother think it is?
(a) A toothache.
(b) A muscle spasm.
(c) A bruise.
(d) A headache.

2. How does Lucy later learn why her mother wanted to buy her a wig?
(a) She does not want Lucy's head to get cold.
(b) She is embarrassed to see her daughter's hair falling out.
(c) She was speaking to someone on the phone saying the wig fitting was the first time she had seen Lucy smile in some time.
(d) She has changed her mind about wigs.

3. What must Lucy endure while working there?
(a) Annoying girls.
(b) Pony parties.
(c) Mean horses.
(d) Very little pay.

4. How does Lucy feel about her first experience of the hospital during that first surgery?
(a) She relishes it.
(b) She is angered by it.
(c) She fears it.
(d) She worries about it.

5. What does Lucy begin to notice in her mouth?
(a) Sore gums.
(b) Sores.
(c) Growths.
(d) Missing teeth.

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

7. What game is Lucy playing when she gets hit?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Football.
(d) Dodgeball.

8. Why is Lucy perplexed when her mother says she will buy her a wig if she wants one?
(a) Her mother wants her to wear a hat.
(b) Her family is short on money, and wigs are expensive.
(c) Her family does not want her to cover her head.
(d) Her mother does not like wigs.

9. How does she try to catch pneumonia again?
(a) When she sits out in the cold.
(b) When she tries to inhale bathwater.
(c) When she tries to be around her sister who has pneumonia.
(d) When she lays in bed without moving for many hours.

10. For a brief period of time, where are her chemo medications stored?
(a) At the doctor's office.
(b) In a clinic down the street.
(c) In her room.
(d) At home in the refrigerator.

11. At what does Lucy become adept?
(a) Being sneaky around the hospital.
(b) Controlling her emotions during tests and surgeries.
(c) Hiding her face from children behind a curtain of her own hair.
(d) Hiding her feelings from Derek.

12. How does Lucy respond when she looks at herself in the mirror?
(a) Excited.
(b) Somewhat surprised.
(c) Angry.
(d) Appalled.

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

14. What does Lucy say begins to revive her?
(a) The chemo.
(b) The nutrients in the food.
(c) The smell of the liquefied food.
(d) The love of friends and family.

15. What television show has a recurring skit about a man who climbs a mountain to ask a guru for the meaning of life.
(a) Hee Haw.
(b) The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
(c) Three's Company.
(d) Laugh-in.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lucy want in regards to what the people in the letters and cards are talking about?

2. Who is the nurse she likes best?

3. When the insurance from her father's new job begins, why is she relieved?

4. Why might Lucy like working with horses?

5. What do Lucy's parents say when she asks if they weren't going to stay?

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