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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. With whom does Lucy go trick-or-treating?

2. About what does Lucy vow to learn?

3. When Lucy arrives home what does her mother have for her?

4. Lucy says that as a young child, she and Sarah would do what to their father?

5. What kind of person does she hope to meet?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Lucy begin doing at Diamond D?

3. How does Lucy feel about her sexuality?

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

5. What happens when Lucy develops a crush?

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

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

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

9. What does Lucy think about this procedure?

10. How do the boys treat Lucy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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 loses her insurance a few times.

Part 1) Why does she lose her insurance? How does this affect her?

Part 2) What does this show about the United States health care system?

Part 3) What could be done to improve this system? How can these changes benefit those who are in situations such as Lucy's?

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