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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Lucy glad when Ann's marriage ended?
(a) She didn't want anyone to take Ann's attention from her.
(b) She wanted to room with Ann again.
(c) It meant the fortune teller was wrong about Lucy's future too.
(d) She never liked Dennis.

2. How did Ann feel about her new marriage?
(a) It was average.
(b) It was a huge mistake.
(c) It was problematic.
(d) It was divine.

3. What did Ann's father buy for her in 1989?
(a) A puppy.
(b) An airline ticket to Aberdeen.
(c) A new car.
(d) A condo.

4. Lucy won the Bunting fellowship and the _____________ fellowship.
(a) Yellow.
(b) Yaddo.
(c) Yahoo.
(d) Young.

5. Lucy used to having a lot of _____________.
(a) Friends.
(b) Hospital bills.
(c) Money.
(d) Boyfriends.

6. In what state did Ann teach after her first novel was published?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Montana.
(d) Washington.

7. What did Lucy hate about writing?
(a) The critics.
(b) The editors.
(c) The process.
(d) The crazy hours.

8. What was notable about Lucy and her disfigurement?
(a) She drooled continually.
(b) Her face looked bruised all the time.
(c) She could not close her mouth all the way.
(d) She had a cleft palate.

9. What medical procedure did Lucy have in Chapter 9?
(a) Appendix surgery.
(b) Root canal.
(c) Gallbladder surgery.
(d) An abortion.

10. What was a major flaw in the Yaddo accommodations?
(a) Only one phone line.
(b) No central air conditioning.
(c) A leaky roof.
(d) Noisy neighbors.

11. What was the source of Lucy's face disfigurement?
(a) She was a conjoined twin.
(b) She had childhood cancer and chemotherapy.
(c) She was born with no jawbone.
(d) She was in a boating accident.

12. In psychotherapy, Lucy learned that ______________________.
(a) She had an obsessive compulsive personality.
(b) She could not stop her low self-esteem.
(c) She was probably a manic depressive.
(d) Her problems all stemmed from her mother.

13. What did Lucy say haunted her all the time?
(a) Bad credit report.
(b) Mental illness.
(c) Competitiveness.
(d) Her father's memory.

14. In what European city did Lucy live to have more surgery?
(a) Aberdeen, Scotland.
(b) Paris, France.
(c) London, England.
(d) Milan, Italy.

15. What were Ann's accommodations at Yaddo?
(a) A hotel room.
(b) A townhouse.
(c) A mansion.
(d) A cabin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following did some Scottish people NOT do to Lucy?

2. Which of the following did Lucy NOT ask Ann?

3. What caused a rift in Ann and Lucy's relationship?

4. How did Lucy feel about Aberdeen?

5. How did Lucy feel about Ann's relationship with the man she dated?

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