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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. With what does Lucy become obsessed?
(a) Her medication.
(b) Finding a way to seek out that guru for herself.
(c) Her visits to the hospital.
(d) Horses.

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

4. How does Lucy respond when she looks at herself in the mirror?
(a) Excited.
(b) Somewhat surprised.
(c) Angry.
(d) Appalled.

5. When Lucy complains of severe jaw pain, what does her mother think it is?
(a) A bruise.
(b) A toothache.
(c) A headache.
(d) A muscle spasm.

6. Why does Lucy's insurance change?
(a) Her dad loses his job at ABC and is hired by CBS.
(b) Her parents cannot afford the current company's premium.
(c) Her dad's company drops his insurance.
(d) The insurance company drops her.

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

8. How is Lucy when her family comes to visit on her birthday?
(a) Somewhat weakened.
(b) The same as before she had cancer.
(c) Much improved.
(d) She is an emaciated shell of herself.

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

10. 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 the reality of recovery.
(c) Simply as a way of escaping her mother.
(d) Simply because they are very addictive.

11. How is her second week of chemo different from her first?
(a) She goes directly to bed once she gets home, refusing to even try to eat anything.
(b) She tries eating something when she gets home.
(c) She does not become as violently ill.
(d) She invites friends over.

12. What does Lucy call her mother?
(a) Patient Visitor.
(b) Only Friend.
(c) Best Friend.
(d) Visitor Extraordinaire.

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

14. How will Lucy feel about hospitals for the rest of her life?
(a) Anxiety.
(b) Somewhat nostalgic.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Sadness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Lucy perplexed when her mother says she will buy her a wig if she wants one?

2. As a younger child, what did Lucy want?

3. Who do not belong together for the long-term?

4. How does Lucy try to counter her weight loss?

5. About whom does Lucy feel especially guilty?

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