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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. How does Lucy say she feels about her appearance?

2. Why does Lucy often spend vacation times with friends rather than returning home?

3. As Lucy observes the actions of the other teenage girls working at the stables, to what conclusion does she come?

4. Why can Lucy be glad of her face?

5. At his urging, what does Lucy do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has the cancer and chemo affected Lucy's social life and education?

2. What happens when Lucy wakes from her surgery at St. Vincent?

3. What method of reconstructive surgery does Dr. Conley suggest?

4. How does Lucy feel about her last six weeks of chemo?

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

6. How do the boys treat Lucy?

7. What does Lucy say about her friend, Teresa?

8. Where does Lucy get a job?

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 creates a "kingdom" by her garage.

Part 1) What is this "kingdom?" Why does she make it?

Part 2) What does this reveal about her mindset at this point?

Part 3) What might others think about this behavior? Why might they feel this way? Use the text to support your response.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Lucy's hair begins to fall out.

Part 1) How does she react to this? How does her mother feel about her reaction?

Part 2) What do Lucy's mother and her mother's friends do for her? What does this reveal about them?

Part 3) Is Lucy's mother's behavior purely for Lucy's sake? Explain.

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