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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. How old is Lucy?

2. What meal does Lucy fix for the girls?

3. What does Mariah talk about when she bursts into the room one day?

4. The maid tells Lucy that she talks like a ______________.

5. Where is the family's vacation home located?

Short Essay Questions

1. How can Mariah's personality be described?

2. How does Chapter One begin?

3. Why has Lucy come to America?

4. What was the dream Lucy related to the family one day, and how did they respond?

5. How did homesickness set in for Lucy?

6. What does Lucy note about the train ride to the Great Lakes?

7. Who is Mariah?

8. Why do Lucy and Mariah both feel bad over Lucy's story about daffodils?

9. How does Lucy feel about Mariah's happiness?

10. What is the story of Sylvie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

LUCY is sometimes defined as an autobiographical piece based on Jamaica Kincaid's life. Do some research about Kincaid's life and describe how Kincaid based the novel on her own life experiences.

Essay Topic 2

The frustration of unfulfilled affection touches several characters in the story. Name at least two characters who experience unfulfilled love and the situations that occur as a result.

Essay Topic 3

The author creates more than one situation of irony in the book. Cite at least two examples of irony and explain why they are ironic.

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