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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. Where did Lucy once pretend to be for days?
(a) A circus.
(b) An asylum.
(c) A concentration camp.
(d) A spa.

2. Which of the following is NOT something Ann and Lucy did in Iowa City?
(a) They donated blood.
(b) They drank too much alcohol.
(c) They swapped clothes.
(d) They wrote poems.

3. What was Terezin?
(a) A concentration camp.
(b) A spice.
(c) An opera.
(d) A film star.

4. Why did Ann need to find an apartment in Iowa City, Iowa?
(a) She wanted to be close to her family again.
(b) She was going to attend the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
(c) Her husband was transferred.
(d) She got a job in Iowa.

5. What advice did Ann's mother give her regarding Lucy?
(a) Let her stay at Ann's house to recover from surgery.
(b) Co-sign on a car loan for her.
(c) Fix her up with a nice young man.
(d) Save all the letters for when they were famous writers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who stalked Ann for awhile during this time?

2. Who was the friend that Ann made while at the Fine Arts Work Center?

3. Which of the following did some Scottish people NOT do to Lucy?

4. Why was Lucy glad when Ann's marriage ended?

5. Which birthday did Lucy have when she visited Europe in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe an event in which Lucy was bullied in Scotland.

2. How did Ann and Lucy view writing at this point in their lives?

3. What role did Lucy represent in her friendship with Ann?

4. How did Ann come to know Lucy Grealy, and what circumstances made them roommates in Iowa?

5. Why did Lucy have an obsession with the Holocaust?

6. Why did Lucy hate Aberdeen and what did Ann think about it when she visited Lucy there?

7. What is shared about Lucy's childhood in Chapter 3?

8. What did Lucy's pulling out of the documentary symbolize for Lucy?

9. What was Ann's experience with the philanthropist adviser in New York?

10. Who was Elizabeth McCracken and how did Ann meet her?

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