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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. When does Lucy miss a treatment?

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

3. At what does Lucy become adept?

4. Why do most people not want to ask Lucy about her deformity?

5. The insurance that will not pay for some things does pay for what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Lucy feel after three operations?

8. How does Lucy learn she can skip her chemo treatments?

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

10. What happens when Lucy's hair begins to fall out?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The boys at school torment Lucy relentlessly.

Part 1) Describe their behavior. Why do they act this way?

Part 2) How do they affect Lucy? Why is she affected this way?

Part 3) What could have been done to improve Lucy's experience at school and teach the boys empathy?

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