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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Dr. Baker performs another graft?
(a) It is not done well.
(b) It takes.
(c) It is being reabsorbed.
(d) It is instantly rejected by her body.

2. What does she not understand?
(a) Why other people are afraid of her.
(b) Why other people do not understand her.
(c) Why other people stare at her so much.
(d) Why other people complain so much.

3. Why is Lucy finally sent to the ICU?
(a) To have another surgery.
(b) To remove the staples.
(c) To have her trach removed.
(d) To be put on a respirator.

4. Is Lucy sympathetic of others as she faces her own crisis?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) Maybe.
(d) At times.

5. Lucy says that as a young child, she and Sarah would do what to their father?
(a) Make him coffee and breakfast in bed.
(b) Always rush to the door when he came home from work.
(c) Always ask for money.
(d) Run away from him.

6. What does Lucy come to wonder?
(a) If everything she loves dies.
(b) How this could have been prevented.
(c) Why she is being punished.
(d) What surgery is the best option.

7. What does Lucy say about the grief she felt for the horse?
(a) It was not as strong as she thought it would be.
(b) It was very powerful.
(c) It was debilitating.
(d) It was pure and uncomplicated.

8. Where does Dr. Baker send Lucy?
(a) To another surgeon in New York City.
(b) To his friend in Europe.
(c) To a new surgeon in Los Angeles.
(d) To another surgeon at the University of Iowa hospital.

9. What grades in school does Lucy mostly miss?
(a) Third and Fourth.
(b) Second and Third.
(c) Fourth and Fifth.
(d) Fifth and Sixth.

10. What happens when Lucy's father becomes ill?
(a) He spends a long time in the hospital.
(b) He spends a short time in the hospital before he is released.
(c) He dies.
(d) He goes to see the doctor.

11. What happens one day when a beggar asks for money?
(a) He looks at her and hands her a dollar and walks away.
(b) He screams when he sees her.
(c) He looks at her and hands her a twenty and walks away.
(d) He runs away from her.

12. How is the bone unlike the skin grafts?
(a) It does not take.
(b) It swells horribly.
(c) It is instantly rejected by her body.
(d) It does not swell and the improvement is immediate.

13. Why is Lucy worried about putting up her hair to show the horses?
(a) She cannot fit it into the helmet.
(b) She is afraid it will fall out.
(c) It will not look attractive on her.
(d) She cannot use it to conceal her face.

14. As a college graduate, how does Lucy remain?
(a) A virgin.
(b) Without friends.
(c) Excited about school.
(d) Unsure of what she wants.

15. What does Dr. Baker do when the time comes for her next surgery?
(a) He tells her he cannot have her as a patient.
(b) He discusses her options.
(c) He sends her to someone with more experience.
(d) He cites a lack of time and passes her off to two other doctors for the surgery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens while Lucy is considering reconstructive surgery options?

2. Why does Lucy go to New York Medical Center?

3. What happens during the end of her freshman year and the following summer?

4. What is the premonition that Lucy has one day?

5. How do the boys tease her?

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