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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 Lucy note about this person?

2. What does Lucy come to wonder?

3. What does she seem to believe is wrong?

4. After trick-or-treating, what does Lucy do?

5. With what does Lucy begin school at Sarah Lawrence?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Lucy and Jan have in common?

2. What happens when Lucy develops a crush?

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

4. Where does Lucy get a job?

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

6. What does Lucy think about this procedure?

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

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

9. What does Lucy wonder about Michael?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The boys at school torment Lucy relentlessly.

Part 1) Describe their behavior. Why do they act this way?

Part 2) How do they affect Lucy? Why is she affected this way?

Part 3) What could have been done to improve Lucy's experience at school and teach the boys empathy?

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

The nurse Lucy likes best is Mary.

Part 1) Describe Mary. Why does Lucy like her the best?

Part 2) Why does the rest of the hospital staff not act the way Mary does?

Part 3) How might Lucy's experience with cancer and the many surgeries afterward have been different if others had been more like Mary?

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