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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. About what is all Lucy cares?

2. As she continues to battle through operations aimed at reconstruction, on what does she pin all her hopes?

3. What do Lucy's friends all wonder about her?

4. What does Lucy discover when she wakes in St. Vincent?

5. What happens during the end of her freshman year and the following summer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What takes place when Lucy meets Jude?

2. What does Lucy think about this procedure?

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

4. How does Lucy acquire Sure Swinger? What happens to Sure Swinger?

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

6. What do Lucy and Jan have in common?

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

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

9. What happens when Lucy starts junior high?

10. What method of reconstructive surgery does Dr. Conley suggest?

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 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?

Essay Topic 3

Lucy and Jan share a love of horses.

Part 1) How does this affect their relationship?

Part 2) How does this lead to a job that Lucy enjoys? How does this bring her some peace?

Part 3) What is the significance of this friendship and this love of horses?

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