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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. What does she seem to believe is wrong?

2. Why does her mother buy her these?

3. Why does Lucy often pull someone aside?

4. What does Lucy say is going to happen to this person, because of a stupid stunt?

5. How is the bone unlike the skin grafts?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Lucy develops a crush?

2. What takes place during her next surgery?

3. What happens when Lucy wakes from her surgery at St. Vincent?

4. What does Lucy think about this procedure?

5. What does Lucy say about her friend, Teresa?

6. How does Lucy begin to feel about her father? How does it affect her behavior towards him?

7. Who does Lucy hope to meet at Sarah Lawrence?

8. What does note about Michael?

9. Where does Lucy get a job?

10. How is Lucy's start at Sarah Lawrence?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Lucy becomes adept at hiding her face with her hair.

Part 1) Why does she seem to feel this is necessary?

Part 2) What does this reveal about Lucy? What does this reveal about the children from whom she hides?

Part 3) How do the children reflect the behavior of adults, regarding Lucy? How does the behavior of others affect Lucy? Why is she affected this way?

Essay Topic 3

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?

(see the answer keys)

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