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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 to Lucy about six months later?
(a) Her face feels fine.
(b) Her teeth begin to fall out.
(c) Her jaw begins to deteriorate.
(d) Her face is swollen and hot.

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

3. Why are Tuesdays the best days of the week?
(a) She can have visitors.
(b) The worst part of the nausea has past.
(c) She gets to eat solid foods.
(d) She has forgotten the pain of the chemo.

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

5. At what does Lucy become adept?
(a) Being sneaky around the hospital.
(b) Hiding her feelings from Derek.
(c) Controlling her emotions during tests and surgeries.
(d) Hiding her face from children behind a curtain of her own hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lucy respond when she looks at herself in the mirror?

2. How does she try to catch pneumonia again?

3. What does Lucy say begins to revive her?

4. Why does Lucy do this?

5. What do Lucy's parents say when she asks if they weren't going to stay?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Lucy.

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

3. How does Lucy first feels signs of her cancer?

4. Describe Lucy's "kingdom."

5. How does Lucy feel about her weeks and the days in between her chemo treatments?

6. How does Lucy feel about moving into another ward?

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

8. How does Lucy feel on Fridays?

9. What happens after six months?

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

(see the answer keys)

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