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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What series of surgeries does Lucy then begin?

2. How many more weeks of chemo does Lucy's mother remind her she has?

3. What is the premonition that Lucy has one day?

4. How is Lucy her old bubbly self at Halloween?

5. What does Lucy discover about the graft this time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What takes place when Lucy meets Jude?

2. How does Lucy feel about her sexuality?

3. What complications does Lucy face from this surgery? How is she treated?

4. What does note about Michael?

5. Who does Lucy hope to meet at Sarah Lawrence?

6. How does Lucy begin to feel about her father? How does it affect her behavior towards him?

7. What happens when Lucy starts junior high?

8. How is Lucy's start at Sarah Lawrence?

9. What takes place when Lucy goes to New York Medical Center?

10. What changes take place in Lucy's life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lucy says that looking back on time, she felt happy in the hospital.

Part 1) Why does she feel happy in the hospital? What does this reveal about her life outside of the hospital?

Part 2) What does this say for hospital staff and procedures?

Part 3) Are you surprised that she feels this way about hospitals? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Lucy graduates from Sarah Lawrence.

Part 1) Describe her experience at Sarah Lawrence. How do her experiences differ from what she hoped she would find at Sarah Lawrence?

Part 2) How do her years at Sarah Lawrence end? Happily? With regret? Why? What is the next step she takes after college? Why does she choose this?

Part 3) How does this next step lead her to Jude and a change in the way she sees herself?

Essay Topic 3

The nurse Lucy likes best is Mary.

Part 1) Describe Mary. Why does Lucy like her the best?

Part 2) Why does the rest of the hospital staff not act the way Mary does?

Part 3) How might Lucy's experience with cancer and the many surgeries afterward have been different if others had been more like Mary?

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