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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 does William think of Richard Baxter?

2. Where did Lucy meet Park Avenue Robbie?

3. Who predicted that Lucy would have a daughter when she first got pregnant?

4. What had Catherine's mother been like?

5. What does William do while Lucy talks to Lois Bubar?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lucy feel when she and William arrive in Bangor, Maine?

2. Who has a conversation with Lois Bubar?

3. Why does Lucy feel scared driving on the Maine turnpike?

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

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

6. Who is Phyllis?

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

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

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

10. Who is Ralph?

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 Lucy's idea that people crave "authority." In particular, that one reason she felt so safe with William during their marriage was because he was a self-assured and authoritative person. In what moments throughout the novel is it clear that this idea about authority and the safety it provides is true for Lucy? Use examples from the text as support.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring Lucy's realization that she suffers from PTSD. In what moments does Lucy's PTSD show itself? What particular events in her life cause this PTSD? Use examples from the text as support.

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