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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 do Lucy and her mother do for the next two years?
(a) Enroll her in a program for children dealing with cancer.
(b) Drive into New York City every day for radiation and chemotherapy treatments.
(c) Enjoy each other's company.
(d) Help her catch up in her school work.

2. What does Lucy create near the garage in what she calls "a small island of grass between the sea of driveway asphalt and the front walk of cement?"
(a) A "country."
(b) A "village."
(c) A "kingdom."
(d) A "city."

3. What do Lucy's parents do when they find out she has to have a bone marrow test?
(a) They prepare to move into the hospital.
(b) They prepare to leave.
(c) They consider taking Lucy to another doctor.
(d) They disagree.

4. From where does Lucy's family move?
(a) England.
(b) Australia.
(c) Ireland.
(d) France.

5. What does Lucy ask to do before she is fed liquid food down her feeding tube?
(a) Taste it.
(b) Smell it.
(c) Brush her teeth.
(d) Touch it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lucy respond when she looks at herself in the mirror?

2. What do Lucy and this boy do around the hospital?

3. With what does Lucy become obsessed?

4. At what does Lucy become adept?

5. What has Lucy experienced by the time she begins to work there?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lucy do after her second week of chemo?

2. What does Lucy do to try to skip her chemo treatments?

3. When does she miss a chemo treatment? How does she feel about this?

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

5. What is surprising about Lucy's parents' behavior when she has her bone marrow test?

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

7. What do Lucy and her mother do for the next two years?

8. What happens after six months?

9. How does Lucy feel after three operations?

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

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