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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lucy describe the radiation treatments?

2. Why does Lucy's insurance change?

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

4. How does Lucy try to counter her weight loss?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens after six months?

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

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

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

7. Describe Lucy.

8. Who does Lucy meet in the hospital?

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

10. How does Lucy feel after three operations?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

For two years Lucy and her mother drive to New York City every day for radiation and chemo treatments.

Part 1) How does this affect their relationship?

Part 2) Describe this ordeal. How is Lucy affected by it, both physically and emotionally?

Part 3) How do these treatments lead to many more years of frustration and depression for Lucy?

Essay Topic 2

Lucy relishes her first hospital experience.

Part 1) Why does she enjoy this visit? How does it compare to subsequent visits?

Part 2) How does this first visit foreshadow the next several years of her life?

Part 3) What does this visit reveal about doctors and the medical profession?

Essay Topic 3

Lucy and Jan share a love of horses.

Part 1) How does this affect their relationship?

Part 2) How does this lead to a job that Lucy enjoys? How does this bring her some peace?

Part 3) What is the significance of this friendship and this love of horses?

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