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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. On what day did Lucy die?
(a) December 19, 2001.
(b) December 18, 2002.
(c) December 18, 2006.
(d) December 18, 1999.

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

3. What did Lucy think about Ann's relationship with the man she dates in Chapter 11?
(a) She paid no attention to it.
(b) She loved it.
(c) She hated it.
(d) She thought he was no good for Ann.

4. What did Lucy start to do after she was told that the surgeons could not help her anymore?
(a) Pack to return to Ireland.
(b) Work on a new novel.
(c) Converted to Judaism.
(d) Cut herself.

5. What did the doctors tell Lucy was in her future?
(a) Tummy tuck.
(b) Getting some teeth.
(c) Ankle surgery.
(d) Nose surgery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lucy was considering a new surgery that would take a ______________ from her body to form her jaw.

2. How pleased was Lucy with the surgical results in her face in Chapter 15?

3. Where did Ann go to attend the movie premiere?

4. What did Lucy forget to do?

5. Ann believed Lucy was a poet and _______________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Lucy reveal to Ann about her heroin use and her suicide wish?

3. What kind of help did Lucy seek for her addictions, and how did she lie about what she was really doing?

4. Why was Lucy so pleased when Ann began to date a doctor in Nashville?

5. How well did Lucy manage her finances?

6. Why did Lucy begin to contemplate suicide?

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

8. What were the circumstances of Lucy's death?

9. Why was Ann the symbol of innocence in the book and Lucy the loss of innocence?

10. What was the main question Lucy asked her psychiatrists when she saw them?

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