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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. Where did Ann move to after the Iowa Writers' Workshop was completed?
(a) Boston.
(b) Seattle.
(c) Nashville.
(d) Chicago.

2. For what did B- make fun of Lucy?
(a) Her fuzzy hair.
(b) Her table manners.
(c) Her goofy laugh.
(d) Her lack of sexual experience.

3. Why was Ann sad about her sister's wedding?
(a) The family was not invited.
(b) Her new husband has a terminal illness.
(c) She can never have children.
(d) They do not make much money.

4. Which birthday did Lucy have when she visited Europe in Chapter 7?
(a) 22nd.
(b) 28th.
(c) 31st.
(d) 35th.

5. Who wrote the novel called THE PATRON SAINT OF LIARS?
(a) Eli.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Lucy.
(d) Ann.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ann was young she thought that being ________________ would be glamorous.

2. What would Ann not let factor into her relationship with Lucy?

3. In what state did Ann teach after her first novel was published?

4. Who wrote AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A FACE?

5. What was Terezin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Ann's opinion of Lucy's obsession with the Holocaust?

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

3. Why was Lucy upset about Ann's dating a poet while living in Kentucky?

4. What did Lucy find strength in what made her consider writing non-fiction instead of fiction?

5. Why was Ann Patchett looking for an apartment in Iowa City, Iowa, in 1985?

6. What were Lucy's accommodations at Yaddo, and what was the only negative of the experience?

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

8. Who was Dennis, and why was he not a positive force in Ann's life?

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

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

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