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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 jobs did Ann and Lucy have in Iowa?
(a) Teaching fellowships.
(b) Photographers.
(c) Tutors.
(d) Waitresses.

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

3. According to Ann, what did Lucy want all for herself?
(a) Attention.
(b) Men.
(c) Book deals.
(d) Money.

4. What did B- tell both Lucy and Ann about themselves?
(a) They would never amount to anything.
(b) They would both win Pulitzers someday.
(c) They were complete opposites.
(d) He was in love with both of them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Lucy found strength and _________________ in suffering and cruelty.

2. What was a major flaw in the Yaddo accommodations?

3. Lucy said that her life became dependent on ________________.

4. Ann moved in with her boyfriend, _____________, who lived in a small cottage.

5. What was Terezin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Elizabeth McCracken and how did Ann meet her?

2. Why was Ann Patchett looking for an apartment in Iowa City, Iowa, in 1985?

3. By what standard did Ann measure success in her life?

4. What were Lucy's accommodations at Yaddo, and what was the only negative of the experience?

5. What did Lucy find strength in what made her consider writing non-fiction instead of fiction?

6. What were the circumstances of Lucy's disfigured face?

7. What role did Lucy represent in her friendship with Ann?

8. Why did Lucy have an obsession with the Holocaust?

9. How could Ann's love for Lucy have been called unconditional?

10. Describe an event in which Lucy was bullied in Scotland.

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