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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 did the kids at school used to tease Lucy for?

2. Who does Lucy speak to once a week on the phone?

3. Who is the only person who knows the details of Lucy's traumatic childhood?

4. Who comes to William at night?

5. What is Lucy's profession?

Short Essay Questions

1. What punishment did Lucy endure as a child when she lied?

2. Who is Wilhelm?

3. Who often gets night terrors?

4. Who is Bridget?

5. Where does William work?

6. Who is Lois Bubar?

7. How long was Lucy married to William?

8. What activity did Lucy hate doing with her family when she was married to William?

9. What does William's lab assistant call him?

10. What gift did Catherine give Lucy for her birthday?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring Lucy's adjustment to the world after she leaves her family to go to college, and eventually marry William and live in New York. As someone who grew up in poverty, how does she adjust to the world outside of her small home town? Is this adjustment easy or difficult for her? Use examples from the text as support.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring the overwhelming guilt Lucy feels about certain decisions she made in her life (like leaving home, divorcing William, etc.) How does she cope with this guilt, and why does she feel guilty in the first place? Use examples from the text as support.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring the theme of "home." Lucy writes about only ever feeling at home in her marriage to William. What, for Lucy, makes a home? What particular aspects of that home make her feel safe and cared for? Use examples from the text as support.

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