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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Lucy's family constantly facing?
(a) One problem after another.
(b) Ridicule from the neighbors.
(c) A law suit from Joni's family.
(d) Money problems.

2. How does Lucy feel about people not asking about her deformity?
(a) She feels unsure.
(b) She feels a deeper offense.
(c) She feels relieved.
(d) She feels worried.

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

4. When does Lucy miss a treatment?
(a) When she gets pneumonia again.
(b) Her blood work is off.
(c) When she gets tetanus.
(d) When she pretends to faint.

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

6. When the insurance from her father's new job begins, why is she relieved?
(a) It means no more hospital stays or visits to the local clinic.
(b) It means no more rides in the ambulance or storing drugs at home.
(c) It means no more in-home nursing care or storing drugs at home.
(d) It means no more doctor's visits and rides in the ambulance.

7. What do the letters and cards say that Lucy begins receiving from people?
(a) They urge her to be strong and promise to pray for her.
(b) They ask if she needs money for her treatments.
(c) They tell her they feel sorry for her.
(d) They urge her to be brave and to not cry.

8. How does Lucy feel about her illness and side effects?
(a) They are somehow deserved.
(b) They bring bad luck.
(c) They should happen to everyone.
(d) She does not deserve them.

9. How does she try to catch pneumonia again?
(a) When she sits out in the cold.
(b) When she lays in bed without moving for many hours.
(c) When she tries to inhale bathwater.
(d) When she tries to be around her sister who has pneumonia.

10. Who is the nurse she likes best?
(a) Martha.
(b) Marcy.
(c) Megan.
(d) Mary.

11. What does Lucy want in regards to what the people in the letters and cards are talking about?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Love.
(c) Peace.
(d) Safety.

12. Why does Lucy stand her ground against Joni Friedman?
(a) Joni is a bully and Lucy is tired of dealing with her.
(b) Joni is trying to steal the ball and Lucy knows it is her ball.
(c) Joni is teasing other students, so Lucy stands up for them.
(d) Joni is not good at sports, and Lucy knows this.

13. Who was not Lucy's favorite visitor?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her friend, Jan.
(d) Her sister.

14. What does Lucy say begins to revive her?
(a) The chemo.
(b) The nutrients in the food.
(c) The love of friends and family.
(d) The smell of the liquefied food.

15. Why might Lucy like working with horses?
(a) They will not judge her by her looks.
(b) They are easy to handle.
(c) They help her make friends.
(d) They are pretty.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What happens to Lucy as time passes?

4. What must Lucy endure while working there?

5. What is an ordeal for Lucy?

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