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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. Who embarrassed Ann at an awards dinner one night?
(a) Karl.
(b) Dennis.
(c) Lucy.
(d) Joey.

2. Ann felt that Lucy died _____________________.
(a) Dramatically.
(b) Willfully.
(c) As a great writer.
(d) In vain.

3. What did Ann's boyfriend say he would find the right doctors to do for Lucy?
(a) Perform an abortion.
(b) A chin implant.
(c) Have breast implants.
(d) Get her teeth.

4. Which of the following did Ann NOT do for Lucy in the hospital?
(a) Bathed her.
(b) Fed her.
(c) Demand a new surgeon.
(d) Took her to the bathroom.

5. After she was released from the hospital, what did Lucy lie to Ann about when she called?
(a) She told her that she was getting married.
(b) She told her that she was moving to Europe.
(c) She told her she had plastic surgery.
(d) She told her she was still writing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many novels had Ann written by Chapter 17?

2. What did Ann demand that Lucy got while in the hospital?

3. Ann could be characterized as a/an ____________________ person.

4. What is another group whose meetings Lucy attended?

5. How did Lucy die?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Lucy's death make Ann finally realize her own naivete?

2. Why did Lucy begin to contemplate suicide?

3. How well did Lucy manage her finances?

4. What was the content of Ann and Lucy's last phone conversation?

5. Describe how Lucy and Ann were polar opposites in personality.

6. How did Ann show that she was the ultimate mother figure to Lucy after her radical surgery?

7. What were the circumstances of Lucy's death?

8. What happened with Lucy's job in Bennington, and what did she do when she moved to Brooklyn?

9. What did Lucy reveal to Ann about her heroin use and her suicide wish?

10. What was Lucy's first suicide attempt, and how did she try to convince Ann that her life was better?

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