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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's mother soothe her?

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

3. When does Lucy miss a treatment?

4. What must Lucy endure while working there?

5. What do Lucy's parents say when she asks if they weren't going to stay?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who does Lucy meet in the hospital?

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

4. What does Lucy do after her second week of chemo?

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

6. What happens after six months?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lucy must make decisions about reconstructive surgery.

Part 1) What options does she have? What option does she choose? Why do she choose it?

Part 2) What keeps her from choosing the pedestal method?

Part 3) Are these operations successful? Where they worth it? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Lucy loses her insurance a few times.

Part 1) Why does she lose her insurance? How does this affect her?

Part 2) What does this show about the United States health care system?

Part 3) What could be done to improve this system? How can these changes benefit those who are in situations such as Lucy's?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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