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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. Which of the following is NOT something Ann and Lucy did in Iowa City?

2. After Ann moved in 1991, she dated a/an____________.

3. How old was Lucy when her father died?

4. What did B- tell both Lucy and Ann about themselves?

5. Why did Lucy take out a government loan?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 2

Ann Patchett is a master at dramatic devices. Choose an example of symbolism, metaphor, and irony. Briefly describe them and identify the technique which they embody.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the overall setting and time period for Ann and Lucy's friendship? What were some of the places they shared? What were some places that they experienced separately? How important are the time period and settings to the attitudes and issues of Ann and Lucy?

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