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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 promise did Lucy make to Ann?
(a) She would reconcile with her mother.
(b) She would stop using heroin.
(c) She would think about marrying Eli.
(d) She would not drink anymore.

2. What did Lucy think about Ann's relationship with the man she dates in Chapter 11?
(a) She hated it.
(b) She loved it.
(c) She paid no attention to it.
(d) She thought he was no good for Ann.

3. What did Lucy give Ann for Christmas in Chapter 15?
(a) A book of Lucy's doodles.
(b) A cashmere scarf.
(c) An iPod.
(d) Theater tickets.

4. What did Ann demand that Lucy got while in the hospital?
(a) Pain medication.
(b) Private suite.
(c) The best doctors.
(d) Fewer visitors.

5. What did Ann do before leaving Lucy in her apartment?
(a) Had a hospital bed installed.
(b) Cooked some meals for the week.
(c) Filled her pain medication prescriptions.
(d) Cleaned the apartment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lucy start to do after she was told that the surgeons could not help her anymore?

2. What did Ann never believe?

3. Which of the following did Ann NOT do for Lucy in the hospital?

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

5. Ann recalled that she and Lucy __________________ while in Iowa.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. In reality, what were Karl and others not able to help Lucy with regarding her health issues?

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

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

9. Where did Lucy go for rehab, and how did she feel about it?

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

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