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

2. Which of the following did Ann NOT think contributed to Lucy's depression?
(a) Hardly eating any food.
(b) Not getting enough sleep.
(c) The death of her mother.
(d) Drinking too much alcohol.

3. Lucy dated two painters, Steve and _________________.
(a) Andy.
(b) Joe.
(c) Max.
(d) Stan.

4. What did the specialist in Nashville tell Lucy about her condition?
(a) He could re-build her face in three years.
(b) He said her tumor was inoperable.
(c) He could not give her teeth.
(d) He would give her a partial plate of dentures.

5. What did Lucy call the guest room in Ann's new house?
(a) Casa de Lucy.
(b) The dog house.
(c) Lucy's room.
(d) Halfway house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lucy love to talk about?

2. What did Ann think about constantly after Lucy died?

3. Ann believed Lucy was a poet and _______________.

4. Why did Lucy not want to stay with Ann in Nashville?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Even though she had career success, Lucy felt that romantic love was missing in her life. What did she do to try to remedy that situation?

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

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

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

8. What name did Ann and Lucy come up with to describe their bad times with Lucy's addictions and suicide attempts?

9. What did Karl, Ann's boyfriend, say that he could help Lucy attain with her health issues?

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

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