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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. Why did Catherine get furious with Lucy when she was dying?

2. Who in Lucy's family always claimed to have visions?

3. Who does Lucy find a picture of in a library in Maine?

4. Who is Lois's real mother?

5. Who hired a private investigator to find Lois?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Lucy take a class at the New School?

2. What is Lois's one regret in life?

3. Who hired a private investigator to find Lois Bubar?

4. Where did Lucy go every day when one of her children was suffering from an eating disorder?

5. Why did Catherine get furious at Lucy when she was dying?

6. Who was crowned Miss Potato Blossom Queen in 1961?

7. Why do Lucy and Willam take a trip to Maine?

8. Who has a conversation with Lois Bubar?

9. Which of Lucy's children had an eating disorder?

10. What did Lucy do in Maine the one time she went?

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 Lucy's relationship to William's other wives. What does she think of them, and how do their marriages to William compare to hers? What are the major similarities and differences? Use examples from the text as support.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring Lucy and David's relationship. What was the nature of this relationship, and how did it impact Lucy as a person? How was Lucy and David's marriage different to Lucy's marriage to William? Use examples from the text as support.

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