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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 the novel called THE PATRON SAINT OF LIARS?

2. What helped Lucy deal with her life?

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

4. What was the source of Lucy's face disfigurement?

5. What was a major flaw in the Yaddo accommodations?

Short Essay Questions

1. By what standard did Ann measure success in her life?

2. Why did Lucy hate Aberdeen and what did Ann think about it when she visited Lucy there?

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

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

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

6. What is shared about Lucy's childhood in Chapter 3?

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

8. What did Lucy find strength in what made her consider writing non-fiction instead of fiction?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The theme of struggling with personal identity is an important one in this book. Describe how it extends through setting, characters, and issues and provide examples for each.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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