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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 Lucy looks the procedure up in a book, how does she find herself?

2. What job does Lucy's mother have to leave?

3. With what does Lucy try convince herself that she can replace her need for a lover?

4. What surgery does this surgeon want to use?

5. How do the boys tease her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the boys treat Lucy?

2. What complications does Lucy face from this surgery? How is she treated?

3. How has the cancer and chemo affected Lucy's social life and education?

4. What takes place when Lucy meets Jude?

5. How does Lucy deal with the teasing and staring?

6. How does Lucy protect herself, regarding her disfigured face?

7. What does Lucy notice about her appearance at this time?

8. What does Lucy say about her father's time in the hospital and his eventual death?

9. What happens when Lucy starts junior high?

10. What takes place when Lucy goes to New York Medical Center?

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 says that looking back on time, she felt happy in the hospital.

Part 1) Why does she feel happy in the hospital? What does this reveal about her life outside of the hospital?

Part 2) What does this say for hospital staff and procedures?

Part 3) Are you surprised that she feels this way about hospitals? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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