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

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

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

4. What does Lucy want in regards to what the people in the letters and cards are talking about?
(a) Love.
(b) Safety.
(c) Peace.
(d) Sleep.

5. When the insurance from her father's new job begins, why is she relieved?
(a) It means no more doctor's visits and rides in the ambulance.
(b) It means no more rides in the ambulance or storing drugs at home.
(c) It means no more hospital stays or visits to the local clinic.
(d) It means no more in-home nursing care or storing drugs at home.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Lucy complains of severe jaw pain, what does her mother think it is?

3. How is Lucy not accustomed to seeing her parents?

4. How is Lucy when her family comes to visit on her birthday?

5. What does Lucy wonder is what keeps her from seeing a sign from God?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lucy do when she gets home after her first chemo treatment?

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

3. How do both Lucy's mother and her mother's friends try to help her deal with her hair loss?

4. Why is Lucy relieved when her father's new job begins?

5. What happens when Lucy's father loses his job?

6. What takes place the morning after the pain begins?

7. How does Lucy feel on Fridays?

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

9. Describe Lucy's "kingdom."

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

(see the answer keys)

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