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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 and 6, Life on Earth and Door Number Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lucy's mother soothe her?
(a) By telling her that she loves her.
(b) By telling her she will be fine.
(c) By telling her to suck it up.
(d) By telling her she mustn't cry.

2. How is Lucy when her family comes to visit on her birthday?
(a) She is an emaciated shell of herself.
(b) Somewhat weakened.
(c) Much improved.
(d) The same as before she had cancer.

3. About whom does Lucy feel especially guilty?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

4. What is an ordeal for Lucy?
(a) Thinking.
(b) Breathing.
(c) Seeing.
(d) Speaking.

5. What happens when Lucy wakes in recovery?
(a) She finds out that Mary had lied to her about the pain.
(b) She's hurting all over and finds she has had a tracheotomy.
(c) She is feeling better than before surgery.
(d) The surgery did not go as planned.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Lucy perplexed when her mother says she will buy her a wig if she wants one?

2. How does Lucy feel about her illness and side effects?

3. Why does she scratch herself with a rusty nail?

4. How does Lucy feel about her first experience of the hospital during that first surgery?

5. 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?

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