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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 is Lois's big regret in life?

2. What did Lucy never tell her daughters about their father?

3. Who is Pam Carlson?

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

5. What appliance in Lucy's hotel room does not work?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who spent a lot of time with Catherine while she was dying?

2. Why did Lucy visit the dean at Chrissy's college?

3. Who is Ralph?

4. What storybook characters did Lucy used to imagine herself and William as?

5. Who is Phyllis?

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

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

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

9. Who raised Lois Bubar?

10. Who does Lois Bubar refuse to meet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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 Lucy and William's trip to Maine. What do they learn there, either about themselves, or each other? Use examples from the text as support.

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