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

2. What is another group whose meetings Lucy attended?
(a) The Tea Party.
(b) Narcotics Anonymous.
(c) The International Women's Writing Guild.
(d) American Cancer Society.

3. Who was Lucy's Scottish surgeon that thought the surgery was too radical?
(a) Dr. Fenton.
(b) Dr. Jones.
(c) Dr. MacGregor.
(d) Dr. McGowan.

4. Lucy was embarrassed that Ann saw ______________________.
(a) Her bank statement.
(b) Her mother's letter.
(c) The inside of her mouth.
(d) Her kissing Eli.

5. What was the name of Ann's most recent novel?
(a) Summer Breeze.
(b) The Bell Jar.
(c) Belle of the Ball.
(d) Bel Canto.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Lucy forget to do?

3. Ann went to a movie premiere and ________________ but did not tell Lucy.

4. Where had Lucy told Ann she wanted to go for Christmas?

5. In what city did Ann buy a house?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was the main question Lucy asked her psychiatrists when she saw them?

4. How did suicide become top-of-mind for Lucy?

5. Describe Lucy's health in Chapter 15.

6. What was Ann's experience with hives and how did it let her appreciate Lucy's struggles even more?

7. What kind of help did Lucy seek for her addictions, and how did she lie about what she was really doing?

8. What was the radical surgery Lucy was considering and later told Ann and Karl about?

9. Why was Ann the symbol of innocence in the book and Lucy the loss of innocence?

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

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