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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. By the time Lucy has had three operations leading into the major surgery to remove the majority of her jawbone, how does she feel about pre-operative injections?

2. How does Lucy describe the radiation treatments?

3. Why does Lucy like this nurse?

4. What does Lucy call her mother?

5. 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?"

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Lucy's "kingdom."

5. What happens after six months?

6. How does Lucy feel after three operations?

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

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

9. Describe Lucy's family's background.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Lucy's parents leave her alone during her first bone marrow test.

Part 1) Why do they leave her alone? How is she affected by this?

Part 2) What does their behavior foreshadow?

Part 3) Do Lucy's parents love her? Use the text to support your response.

Essay Topic 3

At the end of the book, Lucy looks into a window "to see if I could, now, recognize myself."

Part 1) What does this mean?

Part 2) How does she come to say this?

Part 3) What is the purpose of ending the book this way? What message does this send to the reader?

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