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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. Into what ward is she moved?

2. Why does Lucy say she can't open her mouth?

3. Looking back on her time in the hospital, how does she feel?

4. What television show has a recurring skit about a man who climbs a mountain to ask a guru for the meaning of life.

5. When her mother is asked about the wigs that Lucy does not want to wear, how does she respond?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after six months?

2. Describe Lucy's family's background.

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

4. When does she miss a chemo treatment? How does she feel about this?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lucy receives words of encouragement from people through letters and cards.

Part 1) What do these cards and letters say? Why do these people send these to her?

Part 2) How is she affected by these cards and letters? Why is she affected this way?

Part 3) What does this say about the importance of faith?

Essay Topic 2

Lucy wonders why people who do not have her deformity can ever be sad.

Part 1) Why does she wonder this? Why is she unable to understand that the pain she feels in not unique to her or her situation?

Part 2) What do these thoughts suggest about Lucy?

Part 3) Are you surprised she feels this way? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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