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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 nationality is the person in #60?

2. How many days has Lucy been in her new country in Chapter 1?

3. What mode of transportation does Lucy take for the first time with Mariah and the girls?

4. What does Lucy do when the girls are away?

5. What does Mariah talk about when she bursts into the room one day?

Short Essay Questions

1. How can Mariah's personality be described?

2. Who is Mariah?

3. What were Lucy's first impressions of the lake house and her experience there?

4. What is the overall description of Lucy that emerges from Chapter One?

5. Why was Lucy surprised that the sun is shining in the city?

6. What does Lucy note about the train ride to the Great Lakes?

7. How does Chapter One begin?

8. How did homesickness set in for Lucy?

9. How did Lucy's life become routine and depressing?

10. What is the story of Sylvie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Betrayal seems to be almost an unnamed character in the book. How pervasive is the sense of betrayal Why does it have such a prevalent place in Lucy's life? How about Mariah's life? Explain how an inanimate object, a characteristic, or a concept can be a character.

Essay Topic 2

The author creates more than one situation of irony in the book. Cite at least two examples of irony and explain why they are ironic.

Essay Topic 3

LUCY is sometimes defined as an autobiographical piece based on Jamaica Kincaid's life. Do some research about Kincaid's life and describe how Kincaid based the novel on her own life experiences.

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