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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 was Ann's boyfriend in Provincetown?

2. What jobs did Ann and Lucy have in Iowa?

3. For what reason did Ann tell Lucy that she, too, needed some face repair?

4. Which fellowship did Lucy finally win?

5. What was notable about Lucy and her disfigurement?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the premise of TRUTH & BEAUTY?

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

4. What did the fortune teller tell Lucy that devastated her?

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. With whom did Lucy fall in love in Provincetown, and how did he affect her life?

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

9. How did Lucy's life change after the release of her award-winning book?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ann and Lucy spend some time apart throughout the book to contemplate their lives. What do they think about? What conclusions do they arrive at? Explain why they seem to always be in a contemplative mood.

Essay Topic 2

The author tells her story through a series of flashbacks. Why did she choose to tell her story this way? In what way is a flashback technique more interesting for a reader? In what ways is it more complicated? Is there any other way to write a memoir?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Ann and Lucy. In what ways were they alike? In what ways were they dramatically different? What drew them together initially? What was the basis of their long-term friendship? Was the friendship an equitable one? Explain.

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