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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. Why does Lucy become dependent on the drugs during this time in the hospital?
(a) Simply because she is in so much pain.
(b) Simply as a way of escaping her mother.
(c) Simply as a way of escaping the reality of recovery.
(d) Simply because they are very addictive.

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

3. What do Lucy's parents say when she asks if they weren't going to stay?
(a) The other children need their attention too.
(b) There's no need because they're certain she isn't afraid.
(c) They have too many things to do, and do not have time to be with her.
(d) They are afraid to see her in such pain.

4. How does Lucy say that she got the job?
(a) As a result of meeting with the owner for an interview.
(b) As a result of calling on the phone and not mentioning her disfigurement.
(c) As a result of knowing several of the girls who already work there.
(d) As a result of e-mailing the owner about working there.

5. Why does Dr. Canton suggest emergency surgery?
(a) He believes Lucy has an infection.
(b) He believes Lucy has a cyst.
(c) He believes Lucy has cancer.
(d) He believes Lucy has a broken jaw.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Of what does Lucy tell?

3. Who was not Lucy's favorite visitor?

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. At what does Lucy become adept?

(see the answer key)

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