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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lucy feel about the first seconds of the first chemo treatment?
(a) They are extremely painful.
(b) They are very scary.
(c) They are almost pleasurable.
(d) They are odd.

2. When her mother is asked about the wigs that Lucy does not want to wear, how does she respond?
(a) They are too expensive.
(b) Lucy refuses to wear them.
(c) They are ugly.
(d) The wigs do not fit.

3. What television show has a recurring skit about a man who climbs a mountain to ask a guru for the meaning of life.
(a) The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
(b) Hee Haw.
(c) Laugh-in.
(d) Three's Company.

4. Who does Lucy meet in the hospital?
(a) A boy named Derek.
(b) A boy named Darrell.
(c) A boy named David.
(d) A boy named Daniel.

5. For a brief period of time, where are her chemo medications stored?
(a) At home in the refrigerator.
(b) In a clinic down the street.
(c) At the doctor's office.
(d) In her room.

6. Why does Lucy like this nurse?
(a) She is very kind and gentle.
(b) She does not lie about the pain Lucy will feel but always tries to be humorous.
(c) She is quick and efficient.
(d) She tells Lucy she will feel no pain.

7. How does Lucy's test go?
(a) With major complications.
(b) Smoothly.
(c) With minor complications.
(d) The surgery does not take place.

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

9. How does Lucy later learn why her mother wanted to buy her a wig?
(a) She has changed her mind about wigs.
(b) She was speaking to someone on the phone saying the wig fitting was the first time she had seen Lucy smile in some time.
(c) She does not want Lucy's head to get cold.
(d) She is embarrassed to see her daughter's hair falling out.

10. As a younger child, what did Lucy want?
(a) To be special.
(b) To be sick.
(c) To be normal.
(d) To be beautiful.

11. What happens when Lucy's mother can't smoke?
(a) It makes her worry.
(b) She becomes slightly irritable.
(c) It stops her from bothering Lucy.
(d) It makes her insane.

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

13. What does Lucy wonder is what keeps her from seeing a sign from God?
(a) He does not like her.
(b) She is not smart enough to notice the signs.
(c) Her lack of faith.
(d) He does not exist.

14. Of what does Lucy tell?
(a) Her life in Paris.
(b) Her years in a private school.
(c) Her years as a hand for Diamond D Stables.
(d) Her years in art school.

15. What does Lucy ask to do before she is fed liquid food down her feeding tube?
(a) Brush her teeth.
(b) Taste it.
(c) Touch it.
(d) Smell it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lucy call her mother?

2. How does she try to catch pneumonia again?

3. What must Lucy endure while working there?

4. What does Lucy want in regards to what the people in the letters and cards are talking about?

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

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