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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Lucy do this?
(a) She wants to spare him this one visit.
(b) She loves when he comes to visit.
(c) He is under a lot of stress.
(d) She wants him to know she is awake.

4. For what does she feel guilty?
(a) Wanting to be alone.
(b) Ignoring her family.
(c) Enjoying her first hospital stay.
(d) Inflicting the pain of her illness on her family.

5. Who is Lucy's twin?
(a) Samantha.
(b) Mary.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Martha.

6. What, regarding her looks, is Lucy not sure about?
(a) If she will ever be beautiful again.
(b) If this is an improvement.
(c) If anyone else notices how she looks.
(d) If it is a recent change or if she has looked like that for awhile.

7. 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?
(a) She does not think much about them.
(b) She comes to dread them.
(c) She comes to welcome them.
(d) She is annoyed by them.

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

9. 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 e-mailing the owner about working there.
(c) As a result of calling on the phone and not mentioning her disfigurement.
(d) As a result of knowing several of the girls who already work there.

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

11. What happens when Lucy wakes in recovery?
(a) The surgery did not go as planned.
(b) She is feeling better than before surgery.
(c) She finds out that Mary had lied to her about the pain.
(d) She's hurting all over and finds she has had a tracheotomy.

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

13. How does Lucy try to counter her weight loss?
(a) She eats only junk food.
(b) She stops exercising.
(c) She talks to a dietician.
(d) She forces herself to eat every fattening thing she can find.

14. How old was Lucy when her family moved to the United States?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Four.
(c) Eight.
(d) Two.

15. What do Lucy and this boy do around the hospital?
(a) Make friends with the doctors.
(b) Get into mischief.
(c) Visit other sick children.
(d) Help out the nursing staff.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Lucy when her family comes to visit on her birthday?

2. What game is Lucy playing when she gets hit?

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

4. Who is the nurse she likes best?

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

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