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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 odd.
(b) They are almost pleasurable.
(c) They are extremely painful.
(d) They are very scary.

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

3. What has Lucy experienced by the time she begins to work there?
(a) She has moved many times and has few friends.
(b) She has spent many years around horses.
(c) She has trained horses for other stables.
(d) She has had several surgeries and her face is oddly shaped.

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

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

6. What do Lucy's parents do when they find out she has to have a bone marrow test?
(a) They disagree.
(b) They prepare to move into the hospital.
(c) They prepare to leave.
(d) They consider taking Lucy to another doctor.

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

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

9. Why does Lucy say she can't open her mouth?
(a) Her lips are stuck together.
(b) Her jaw hurts too much.
(c) Her jaw is stuck.
(d) She might say something she does not mean.

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

11. Why does she scratch herself with a rusty nail?
(a) She thinks tetanus would be preferable to the chemo treatments.
(b) She has gone insane.
(c) She cannot stop the itching any other way.
(d) She wants others to feel sorry for her.

12. Why does Lucy like this nurse?
(a) She tells Lucy she will feel no pain.
(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 is very kind and gentle.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lucy's test go?

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

3. What do Lucy and her mother do for the next two years?

4. What happens when Lucy's mother can't smoke?

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

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