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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. Who wrote AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A FACE?

2. Why did Ann need to find an apartment in Iowa City, Iowa?

3. What helped Lucy deal with her life?

4. Why was Ann sad about her sister's wedding?

5. What advice did Ann's mother give her regarding Lucy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Ann Patchett looking for an apartment in Iowa City, Iowa, in 1985?

2. How did Ann's insecurities surface, especially in the incident with the philanthropist adviser?

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

4. What did Lucy's pulling out of the documentary symbolize for Lucy?

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

6. How did Lucy struggle in Bunting and then in Provincetown?

7. Why did Lucy have an obsession with the Holocaust?

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

9. Describe an event in which Lucy was bullied in Scotland.

10. How did Ann come to know Lucy Grealy, and what circumstances made them roommates in Iowa?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Create a brief study of Ann Patchett. What did she look like? What were her positive personality traits? What were some of her negative characteristics? What were her hopes and fears? What were her primary motivations during her life?

Essay Topic 2

It has been said that creative people such as writers and artists have some degree of mental illness which makes their work brilliant. Explain whether or not you think mental illness shaped Lucy's life and work.

Essay Topic 3

Substance abuse seemed to be an unnamed character in the book. How pervasive was the abuse? Why did it have such a prevalent place in Lucy's life? How did it affect her? How does it affect those impacted by Lucy's abuse? Explain how an inanimate object or characteristic can be a character.

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