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

2. How is Lucy not accustomed to seeing her parents?
(a) So sure of the decisions they need to make.
(b) Worried about her.
(c) Confering with each other and deferring to authority.
(d) Worried about the money they will need to spend on her surgeries.

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

4. Who is the nurse she likes best?
(a) Marcy.
(b) Mary.
(c) Martha.
(d) Megan.

5. How is her second week of chemo different from her first?
(a) She does not become as violently ill.
(b) She goes directly to bed once she gets home, refusing to even try to eat anything.
(c) She invites friends over.
(d) She tries eating something when she gets home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the doctor believe about Lucy's jaw?

2. Why does she scratch herself with a rusty nail?

3. What does Lucy do when she recognizes her father's gait down the hall?

4. Who was not Lucy's favorite visitor?

5. How does Lucy say that she got the job?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lucy feel after three operations?

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

3. How do others treat Lucy's facial deformity?

4. What does Lucy begin to notice on her mouth? How else is she affected by the chemo?

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

6. What takes place during Lucy's chemo treatments?

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

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

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

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

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