This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 and 10, World of Unknowing and The Habits of Self-Consciousness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Lucy miss a treatment?
(a) Her blood work is off.
(b) When she gets pneumonia again.
(c) When she gets tetanus.
(d) When she pretends to faint.

2. What do Lucy and her mother do for the next two years?
(a) Enroll her in a program for children dealing with cancer.
(b) Drive into New York City every day for radiation and chemotherapy treatments.
(c) Enjoy each other's company.
(d) Help her catch up in her school work.

3. When the insurance from her father's new job begins, why is she relieved?
(a) It means no more in-home nursing care or storing drugs at home.
(b) It means no more hospital stays or visits to the local clinic.
(c) It means no more doctor's visits and rides in the ambulance.
(d) It means no more rides in the ambulance or storing drugs at home.

4. Why might Lucy like working with horses?
(a) They help her make friends.
(b) They are pretty.
(c) They will not judge her by her looks.
(d) They are easy to handle.

5. At what does Lucy become adept?
(a) Hiding her face from children behind a curtain of her own hair.
(b) Hiding her feelings from Derek.
(c) Controlling her emotions during tests and surgeries.
(d) Being sneaky around the hospital.