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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city did Lucy have more reconstructive surgery?

2. Which of the following did a fortune teller NOT tell Lucy?

3. Whom did Lucy date and finally have sex with?

4. How did Lucy feel about Ann's relationship with the man she dated?

5. Which European city did Lucy write to Ann about in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Ann's experience with the philanthropist adviser in New York?

2. Why was Lucy upset about Ann's dating a poet while living in Kentucky?

3. What was Ann's opinion of Lucy's obsession with the Holocaust?

4. What was so emotionally draining during Lucy's visit to Prague?

5. How could Ann's love for Lucy have been called unconditional?

6. Who was Elizabeth McCracken and how did Ann meet her?

7. What were the circumstances of Lucy's disfigured face?

8. Who was B- and what role did he play in Lucy and Ann's life?

9. What role did Lucy represent in her friendship with Ann?

10. Why was Lucy's life such an anomaly?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the dynamic of Ann and Lucy's friendship. How did it evolve over time? Which role did Ann play? Which role did Lucy play? Did they ever challenge their respective roles? Or, were they content knowing who they were and what they each brought to the relationship?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in the book. Why would writers have a lonely life even though it may have seemed exciting and glamorous to other people? Why would Lucy have had an especially lonely life because of the lack of romantic partners who were willing to see past her physical challenges? Explain the loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.

Essay Topic 3

The author uses more than one instance of irony in the book. Cite at least two other examples you can identify in the book and note why they are examples of irony.

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