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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. Who never said goodbye to Lucy before she left for college?

2. Who grew up a Hasidic Jew outside of Chicago?

3. How did Lucy and William know Joanne?

4. Who did Lucy live with growing up?

5. How did Mrs. Nash die?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How old is William?

4. Which of Lucy's daughters gets pregnant?

5. What does William discover about his mother via an ancestry subscription service?

6. Who took Lucy to college?

7. What does Estelle's note to William say?

8. Who is Marilyn Smith?

9. Who is Bridget?

10. Who often gets night terrors?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring the made-up mother Lucy talks to in her head when she is feeling upset or anxious. What is the function of this made-up figure? What does it suggest about Lucy's relationship to her actual mother? Use examples from the text as support.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring Lucy's belief that she is invisible. Why does she believe this? What aspects of her identity, life, or relationships lead her to believe that she is essentially invisible to the world? Use examples from the text as support.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring William's family history. What does he learn about his family that he did not know until consulting an ancestry website? How does this information impact him? Is the impact largely positive or negative? Use examples from the text as support.

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