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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Looking back on her time in the hospital, how does she feel?
(a) Frustrated.
(b) Happy.
(c) Angry.
(d) Sad.

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

4. 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.

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

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

7. Why do most people not want to ask Lucy about her deformity?
(a) They are afraid of her.
(b) They are embarrassed.
(c) They don't want to hurt her feelings.
(d) They do not care to know what is wrong.

8. What do Lucy and her mother do for the next two years?
(a) Help her catch up in her school work.
(b) Drive into New York City every day for radiation and chemotherapy treatments.
(c) Enjoy each other's company.
(d) Enroll her in a program for children dealing with cancer.

9. Why is Lucy perplexed when her mother says she will buy her a wig if she wants one?
(a) Her mother does not like wigs.
(b) Her mother wants her to wear a hat.
(c) Her family is short on money, and wigs are expensive.
(d) Her family does not want her to cover her head.

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

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

12. 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.

13. How does Lucy feel on Fridays?
(a) Worried about the chemo treatment.
(b) Sad that she cannot be as brave as her mother wants.
(c) Excited to get the treatment started.
(d) Anxiety over the chemo treatment.

14. Is Lucy an good athlete?
(a) No.
(b) Yes.
(c) Somewhat.
(d) At times.

15. What does Lucy do when she recognizes her father's gait down the hall?
(a) She calls his name.
(b) She worries about him.
(c) She pretends to sleep.
(d) She becomes excited.

Short Answer Questions

1. For a brief period of time, where are her chemo medications stored?

2. How does she feel about the fact that she might have been walking around looking like that without knowing it?

3. When does Lucy miss a treatment?

4. How does Lucy feel about the first seconds of the first chemo treatment?

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

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