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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 say begins to revive her?
(a) The chemo.
(b) The love of friends and family.
(c) The nutrients in the food.
(d) The smell of the liquefied food.

2. What happens to Lucy as time passes?
(a) She gradually improves.
(b) She stays the same.
(c) She gradually becomes worse.
(d) She is healed.

3. What is one of Lucy's family's oddities?
(a) They live with many other relatives.
(b) She has many brothers and sisters.
(c) Her parents.
(d) Her brother Sean has schizophrenia.

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

5. How does Lucy feel about her first experience of the hospital during that first surgery?
(a) She is angered by it.
(b) She worries about it.
(c) She fears it.
(d) She relishes it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Lucy been acquainted with the idea of death?

2. What must Lucy endure while working there?

3. By the time Lucy has had three operations leading into the major surgery to remove the majority of her jawbone, how does she feel about pre-operative injections?

4. How does Lucy describe the radiation treatments?

5. Why does Lucy do this?

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