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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Ann's father buy for her in 1989?
(a) An airline ticket to Aberdeen.
(b) A condo.
(c) A puppy.
(d) A new car.

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

3. In 1991, Ann moved to which state?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Oregon.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Maryland.

4. Why did Lucy take out a government loan?
(a) To get breast implants.
(b) To travel to Europe.
(c) To pay tuition.
(d) To buy a car.

5. What were Ann's accommodations at Yaddo?
(a) A cabin.
(b) A mansion.
(c) A hotel room.
(d) A townhouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Ann move to after the Iowa Writers' Workshop was completed?

2. Why did Ann phone Lucy from Yaddo all the time?

3. After Ann moved in 1991, she dated a/an____________.

4. Which of the following did Lucy NOT ask Ann?

5. What caused a rift in Ann and Lucy's relationship?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Ann and Lucy view writing at this point in their lives?

2. What role did Ann represent in her friendship with Lucy?

3. By what standard did Ann measure success in her life?

4. What were the circumstances of Lucy's disfigured face?

5. How could Ann's love for Lucy have been called unconditional?

6. What was Ann's experience with the philanthropist adviser in New York?

7. How did Ann's insecurities surface, especially in the incident with the philanthropist adviser?

8. What is shared about Lucy's childhood in Chapter 3?

9. Why was Lucy's life such an anomaly?

10. What did Lucy's pulling out of the documentary symbolize for Lucy?

(see the answer keys)

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