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

2. How long has Lucy been acquainted with the idea of death?
(a) Since she was six when a family pet died.
(b) Since she found out she had cancer.
(c) Since her parents had sat all the children down and discussed it.
(d) Since her grandfather had died when she was eight.

3. How does she feel about the fact that she might have been walking around looking like that without knowing it?
(a) Slightly embarrassed.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Horrified.
(d) Relieved.

4. Who do not belong together for the long-term?
(a) The visitor and nursing staff.
(b) The patient and his or her illness.
(c) The visitor and patient.
(d) The patient and doctor.

5. Why do most people not want to ask Lucy about her deformity?
(a) They are afraid of her.
(b) They do not care to know what is wrong.
(c) They are embarrassed.
(d) They don't want to hurt her feelings.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Lucy when her family moved to the United States?

2. What does the doctor believe about Lucy's jaw?

3. Looking back on her time in the hospital, how does she feel?

4. 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?"

5. From where does Lucy's family move?

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