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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the letters and cards say that Lucy begins receiving from people?

3. From where does Lucy's family move?

4. How does Lucy learn that she will skip her chemo treatment if she is sick?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Lucy feel about her first experience in the hospital?

3. What does Lucy do when she gets home after her first chemo treatment?

4. What happens when Lucy's hair begins to fall out?

5. How do others treat Lucy's facial deformity?

6. How does Lucy appear when her parents come for her birthday?

7. What does Lucy begin to notice on her mouth? How else is she affected by the chemo?

8. How does Lucy learn she can skip her chemo treatments?

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

10. Describe Lucy's "kingdom."

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lucy's parents leave her alone during her first bone marrow test.

Part 1) Why do they leave her alone? How is she affected by this?

Part 2) What does their behavior foreshadow?

Part 3) Do Lucy's parents love her? Use the text to support your response.

Essay Topic 2

Lucy's family immigrated to the United States.

Part 1) Describe their immigration. What is the importance of this?

Part 2) What do these details about her family reveal about them?

Part 3) How do these details help explain who Lucy is as a person?

Essay Topic 3

Lucy has severe jaw pain after colliding with another girl during dodge ball.

Part 1) What is the cause of this jaw pain? Would it have occurred if she had not collided with the other girl? Explain.

Part 2) How does this incident begin the plot of the story? How does Lucy change because of this incident?

Part 3) Is it good she collided with this girl? Why or why not?

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