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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4, The Tao of Laugh-In and Fear Itself.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lucy's mother insist that she be?
(a) Brave.
(b) Calm.
(c) Quiet.
(d) Patient.

2. From where does Lucy's family move?
(a) Australia.
(b) France.
(c) England.
(d) Ireland.

3. How is her second week of chemo different from her first?
(a) She does not become as violently ill.
(b) She tries eating something when she gets home.
(c) She invites friends over.
(d) She goes directly to bed once she gets home, refusing to even try to eat anything.

4. When Lucy complains of severe jaw pain, what does her mother think it is?
(a) A headache.
(b) A toothache.
(c) A muscle spasm.
(d) A bruise.

5. 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?
(a) Her mother.
(b) A book on oncology.
(c) A friend.
(d) A doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does no one, even her boss, Ms. Daniels, seem to think is a bad idea?

2. Why does Lucy stand her ground against Joni Friedman?

3. Who is the nurse she likes best?

4. Why does Dr. Canton suggest emergency surgery?

5. What happens to Lucy as time passes?

(see the answer key)

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