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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Lucy feel about her illness and side effects?
(a) She does not deserve them.
(b) They should happen to everyone.
(c) They are somehow deserved.
(d) They bring bad luck.

3. How does Lucy describe the radiation treatments?
(a) As painful.
(b) As a nuisance.
(c) As a breeze.
(d) As worrisome.

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

5. Who was not Lucy's favorite visitor?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her friend, Jan.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lucy become dependent on the drugs during this time in the hospital?

2. What does Lucy create near the garage in what she calls "a small island of grass between the sea of driveway asphalt and the front walk of cement?"

3. What do Lucy's parents do when they find out she has to have a bone marrow test?

4. What happens to Lucy as time passes?

5. Who is Lucy's twin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lucy do after her second week of chemo?

2. What is surprising about Lucy's parents' behavior when she has her bone marrow test?

3. What happens when Lucy's hair begins to fall out?

4. How does Lucy compare her family to other families?

5. How does Lucy appear when her parents come for her birthday?

6. How does Lucy feel about her first experience in the hospital?

7. What does Lucy do to try to skip her chemo treatments?

8. Who does Lucy meet in the hospital?

9. Who is Lucy's favorite nurse? Why?

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

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