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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. What is one of Lucy's family's oddities?
(a) Her parents.
(b) She has many brothers and sisters.
(c) They live with many other relatives.
(d) Her brother Sean has schizophrenia.

2. How does Lucy's mother soothe her?
(a) By telling her to suck it up.
(b) By telling her she mustn't cry.
(c) By telling her that she loves her.
(d) By telling her she will be fine.

3. What happens when Lucy wakes in recovery?
(a) She is feeling better than before surgery.
(b) The surgery did not go as planned.
(c) She finds out that Mary had lied to her about the pain.
(d) She's hurting all over and finds she has had a tracheotomy.

4. For what does she feel guilty?
(a) Wanting to be alone.
(b) Inflicting the pain of her illness on her family.
(c) Enjoying her first hospital stay.
(d) Ignoring her family.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lucy call her mother?

2. How does Lucy describe the radiation treatments?

3. What does Lucy begin to notice in her mouth?

4. What does Lucy wonder is what keeps her from seeing a sign from God?

5. Is Lucy an good athlete?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Lucy relieved when her father's new job begins?

2. What happens after six months?

3. How do both Lucy's mother and her mother's friends try to help her deal with her hair loss?

4. Who is Lucy's favorite nurse? Why?

5. How does Lucy feel about moving into another ward?

6. How does Lucy feel about her first experience in the hospital?

7. What takes place the morning after the pain begins?

8. How does Lucy feel after her surgery?

9. What does Lucy begin to notice on her mouth? How else is she affected by the chemo?

10. How does Lucy appear when her parents come for her birthday?

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