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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 will Lucy feel about hospitals for the rest of her life?
(a) Somewhat nostalgic.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Sadness.

2. Why is Lucy perplexed when her mother says she will buy her a wig if she wants one?
(a) Her mother wants her to wear a hat.
(b) Her family does not want her to cover her head.
(c) Her mother does not like wigs.
(d) Her family is short on money, and wigs are expensive.

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

4. At what does Lucy become adept?
(a) Hiding her face from children behind a curtain of her own hair.
(b) Being sneaky around the hospital.
(c) Hiding her feelings from Derek.
(d) Controlling her emotions during tests and surgeries.

5. The insurance that will not pay for some things does pay for what?
(a) In-home nursing care.
(b) Her chemo.
(c) Her hospital stay.
(d) Transportation to the hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. What must Lucy endure while working there?

2. What does Lucy create near the garage in what she calls "a small island of grass between the sea of driveway asphalt and the front walk of cement?"

3. What do Lucy's parents do when they find out she has to have a bone marrow test?

4. How does Lucy react when her hair begins to fall out?

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

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