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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. What does no one, even her boss, Ms. Daniels, seem to think is a bad idea?
(a) Having her ride horses.
(b) Having her lead ponies around.
(c) Having her train horses.
(d) Having her around children.

2. Why does Lucy do this?
(a) She wants him to know she is awake.
(b) She wants to spare him this one visit.
(c) She loves when he comes to visit.
(d) He is under a lot of stress.

3. Who was not Lucy's favorite visitor?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her friend, Jan.
(d) Her mother.

4. How does Lucy say that she got the job?
(a) As a result of meeting with the owner for an interview.
(b) As a result of calling on the phone and not mentioning her disfigurement.
(c) As a result of knowing several of the girls who already work there.
(d) As a result of e-mailing the owner about working there.

5. About whom does Lucy feel especially guilty?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens during the ride home?

2. How does Lucy learn, as a teenager, that there's a five percent survival rate for victims of Ewing's sarcoma, the disease Lucy battled?

3. Looking back on her time in the hospital, how does she feel?

4. Why are Tuesdays the best days of the week?

5. What do Lucy's parents do when they find out she has to have a bone marrow test?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Lucy's father loses his job?

2. What takes place during Lucy's chemo treatments?

3. How does Lucy compare her family to other families?

4. Describe Lucy's family's background.

5. What is surprising about Lucy's parents' behavior when she has her bone marrow test?

6. Describe Lucy.

7. Describe Lucy's "kingdom."

8. What do Lucy and her mother do for the next two years?

9. How does Lucy feel after her surgery?

10. How does Lucy feel about moving into another ward?

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