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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Ann select the apartment she did in Iowa City?
(a) It was close to campus.
(b) It had nice landscaping.
(c) It was in a safe area.
(d) It was cheap.

2. Where did Ann move to after the Iowa Writers' Workshop was completed?
(a) Nashville.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Seattle.
(d) Boston.

3. Where did Lucy once pretend to be for days?
(a) A circus.
(b) A spa.
(c) An asylum.
(d) A concentration camp.

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

5. Whom did Lucy date and finally have sex with?
(a) J-.
(b) B-.
(c) D-.
(d) C-.

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

7. In which magazine did an article about Lucy appear?
(a) People.
(b) The New Yorker.
(c) Time.
(d) Newsweek.

8. After Ann moved in 1991, she dated a/an____________.
(a) Chef.
(b) Politician.
(c) Architect.
(d) Poet.

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

10. Ann was amazed at Lucy's autobiographical essay about _____________________.
(a) Cancer and her face.
(b) Being schizophrenic.
(c) Growing up Catholic.
(d) Being molested as a child.

11. When Ann was young she thought that being ________________ would be glamorous.
(a) A rock star.
(b) A fashion model.
(c) An astronaut.
(d) A starving artist.

12. Who had Ann married?
(a) Eric.
(b) Evan.
(c) Dennis.
(d) Brian.

13. From which college did Ann graduate in 1985?
(a) Stanford University.
(b) Radcliffe College.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Sarah Lawrence College.

14. In what city did Lucy have more reconstructive surgery?
(a) Aberdeen.
(b) New York.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Berlin.

15. Who stalked Ann for awhile during this time?
(a) A fan of her books.
(b) A philanthropist adviser.
(c) Dennis.
(d) Eli.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lucy used to having a lot of _____________.

2. Why was Lucy not happy about her time in Bunting?

3. What was Terezin?

4. Why was Ann sad about her sister's wedding?

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

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