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

2. How does Lucy feel on Fridays?

3. At what does Lucy become adept?

4. What does Lucy create near the garage in what she calls "a small island of grass between the sea of driveway asphalt and the front walk of cement?"

5. How does Lucy feel about people not asking about her deformity?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Lucy's family's background.

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

3. How does Lucy first feels signs of her cancer?

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

5. How does Lucy feel after three operations?

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

7. How does Lucy feel on Fridays?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lucy analyzes the relationship between the visitor and the patient.

Part 1) How does she come to analyze this relationship?

Part 2) To what conclusion does she come? Why?

Part 3) How does this conclusion affect the visits she receives from her parents? How does it also help her deal with her parents?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

The nurse Lucy likes best is Mary.

Part 1) Describe Mary. Why does Lucy like her the best?

Part 2) Why does the rest of the hospital staff not act the way Mary does?

Part 3) How might Lucy's experience with cancer and the many surgeries afterward have been different if others had been more like Mary?

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