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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. When Lucy lost her apartment, to what city did she move?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Pittsfield.
(c) Danbury.
(d) Grand Rapids.

2. What was the profession of the man Ann dates in Chapter 11?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Author.
(d) Professor.

3. How many novels had Ann written by Chapter 17?
(a) Seven.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

4. What did Lucy start to do after she was told that the surgeons could not help her anymore?
(a) Converted to Judaism.
(b) Work on a new novel.
(c) Pack to return to Ireland.
(d) Cut herself.

5. Why did Lucy not want to stay with Ann in Nashville?
(a) She got homesick for New York.
(b) She didn't like living in the country.
(c) She didn't like Ann's boyfriend.
(d) She needed to be in New York for more surgeries.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city did Ann buy a house?

2. Which of the following did Ann NOT think contributed to Lucy's depression?

3. What topic did Lucy mention in her Tango essay which shocked Ann at a reading in Provincetown?

4. Lucy was fired from her job in which city?

5. What did Lucy call the guest room in Ann's new house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Ann naively view Lucy's drug addiction and suicide attempts?

3. To what things did Ann attribute Lucy's depression?

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

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

6. Why was Lucy so pleased when Ann began to date a doctor in Nashville?

7. Why did Lucy begin to contemplate suicide?

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

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

10. What was Lucy's pattern of happiness and depression?

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