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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lucy was famous at Sarah Lawrence College for her writing and ________________.
(a) Photography.
(b) Red hair.
(c) Sense of humor.
(d) Disfigured face.

2. According to Ann, what did Lucy want all for herself?
(a) Men.
(b) Attention.
(c) Money.
(d) Book deals.

3. How did Ann feel about her new marriage?
(a) It was average.
(b) It was a huge mistake.
(c) It was problematic.
(d) It was divine.

4. Lucy used to having a lot of _____________.
(a) Boyfriends.
(b) Hospital bills.
(c) Money.
(d) Friends.

5. When Ann was young she thought that being ________________ would be glamorous.
(a) A rock star.
(b) A starving artist.
(c) An astronaut.
(d) A fashion model.

6. What was the amount of the stipend Lucy received as part of the Bunting fellowship?
(a) $50,000.
(b) $23,000.
(c) $10,000.
(d) $16,000.

7. Which of the following is NOT something Ann and Lucy did in Iowa City?
(a) They swapped clothes.
(b) They drank too much alcohol.
(c) They wrote poems.
(d) They donated blood.

8. How did Lucy feel about Ann's relationship with the man she dated?
(a) She was so happy for Ann.
(b) She did not like Ann's boyfriend at all.
(c) She was jealous.
(d) She had no interest in it.

9. Ann thought that the sad fictional world that Lucy created was _____________________.
(a) Lucy's way of coping with life.
(b) An exercise from her therapist.
(c) A symptom of schizophrenia.
(d) Research for a book.

10. What did Ann realize about her relationship with Dennis?
(a) She just used him for sex.
(b) He was going to propose to her.
(c) It was not going to last.
(d) It was strictly platonic.

11. For what reason did Ann tell Lucy that she, too, needed some face repair?
(a) She fell through a glass patio door.
(b) She fell down a flight of stairs.
(c) She was hit in the face with a baseball.
(d) She was in a car accident.

12. What did Lucy hate about writing?
(a) The crazy hours.
(b) The process.
(c) The editors.
(d) The critics.

13. What advice did Ann's mother give her regarding Lucy?
(a) Let her stay at Ann's house to recover from surgery.
(b) Fix her up with a nice young man.
(c) Save all the letters for when they were famous writers.
(d) Co-sign on a car loan for her.

14. Ann was amazed at Lucy's autobiographical essay about _____________________.
(a) Being schizophrenic.
(b) Cancer and her face.
(c) Being molested as a child.
(d) Growing up Catholic.

15. Who stalked Ann for awhile during this time?
(a) A philanthropist adviser.
(b) Eli.
(c) Dennis.
(d) A fan of her books.

Short Answer Questions

1. What became an obsession for Lucy?

2. Ann moved in with her boyfriend, _____________, who lived in a small cottage.

3. At what restaurant did Ann get a job?

4. Primo Levi wrote a book about __________________.

5. In Provincetown, Lucy fell in love for the first time with a ________________.

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