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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. Why could Lucy not have the bolts put in her face?
(a) She had a staph infection.
(b) She was allergic to the material.
(c) Her bone was too fragile.
(d) Her insurance wouldn't cover it.

2. Whom does Ann date in Chapter 11?
(a) Keith.
(b) Karl.
(c) Ken.
(d) Kurt.

3. Why did Ann not tell Lucy that she was going to the movie premiere?
(a) She wanted to have fun and avoid embarrassment.
(b) Lucy would not have approved.
(c) Lucy was too ill to go.
(d) The event was invitation only.

4. Lucy dated two painters, Steve and _________________.
(a) Max.
(b) Joe.
(c) Andy.
(d) Stan.

5. What topic did Lucy mention in her Tango essay which shocked Ann at a reading in Provincetown?
(a) Incest.
(b) Heroin.
(c) Politics.
(d) Masturbation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ann and Lucy decided that once Lucy got better, they could call these years the _________________.

2. What element about her new novel did Lucy discuss with Ann?

3. Ann went to a movie premiere and ________________ but did not tell Lucy.

4. Why was Lucy upset on September 11, 2001.

5. Where did Lucy wish she to be in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened with Lucy's job in Bennington, and what did she do when she moved to Brooklyn?

2. Why did Lucy begin to contemplate suicide?

3. What was Lucy's first suicide attempt, and how did she try to convince Ann that her life was better?

4. What did Karl, Ann's boyfriend, say that he could help Lucy attain with her health issues?

5. How did Ann naively view Lucy's drug addiction and suicide attempts?

6. Describe Lucy's health in Chapter 15.

7. How did Lucy's death make Ann finally realize her own naivete?

8. What was Lucy's pattern of happiness and depression?

9. What did Ann find especially alarming when Lucy read an essay at a Provincetown reading?

10. What was the final defeat in Lucy's struggle to have her face reconstructed?

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