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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4, The Tao of Laugh-In and Fear Itself.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Into what ward is she moved?
(a) A ward with a group of anorexic teenage girls.
(b) A ward for those about to go home.
(c) A ward for those who are dying.
(d) A ward with other children with cancer.

2. How long has Lucy been acquainted with the idea of death?
(a) Since she was six when a family pet died.
(b) Since her grandfather had died when she was eight.
(c) Since she found out she had cancer.
(d) Since her parents had sat all the children down and discussed it.

3. With what does Lucy become obsessed?
(a) Horses.
(b) Her medication.
(c) Her visits to the hospital.
(d) Finding a way to seek out that guru for herself.

4. What do Lucy's parents say when she asks if they weren't going to stay?
(a) They are afraid to see her in such pain.
(b) There's no need because they're certain she isn't afraid.
(c) The other children need their attention too.
(d) They have too many things to do, and do not have time to be with her.

5. How is Lucy not accustomed to seeing her parents?
(a) Worried about her.
(b) Confering with each other and deferring to authority.
(c) So sure of the decisions they need to make.
(d) Worried about the money they will need to spend on her surgeries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of Lucy's family's oddities?

2. What do Lucy and this boy do around the hospital?

3. How does Lucy feel about the first seconds of the first chemo treatment?

4. How does Lucy feel about her first experience of the hospital during that first surgery?

5. Of what does Lucy tell?

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