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

2. What shocked Ann about Lucy's appearance when she saw her in Aberdeen?

3. Ann represented _____________________ in her friendship with Lucy.

4. Lucy won the Bunting fellowship and the _____________ fellowship.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What were Lucy's accommodations at Yaddo, and what was the only negative of the experience?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The theme of the search for love is an important one in the novel. How does the author begin to build this theme? Give examples of the search for love throughout the book.

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