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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. When Lucy lost her apartment, to what city did she move?

2. Why could Lucy not have the bolts put in her face?

3. To what state did Lucy head for rehab?

4. Lucy asked her psychiatrists if she was pretty and if _______________________.

5. How did Lucy feel about attending the event in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Ann not tell Lucy she was coming to New York for a movie premiere and book party?

2. What did Lucy reveal to Ann about her heroin use and her suicide wish?

3. Why was Ann the symbol of innocence in the book and Lucy the loss of innocence?

4. Describe how Lucy and Ann were polar opposites in personality.

5. Even though she had career success, Lucy felt that romantic love was missing in her life. What did she do to try to remedy that situation?

6. How did suicide become top-of-mind for Lucy?

7. Why did Lucy begin to contemplate suicide?

8. In reality, what were Karl and others not able to help Lucy with regarding her health issues?

9. How did Ann show that she was the ultimate mother figure to Lucy after her radical surgery?

10. What was the radical surgery Lucy was considering and later told Ann and Karl about?

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 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 3

Explain the role of women in the U.S. in the late twentieth century. What precedents did they feel compelled to follow? What restrictions did they have? What freedoms did they have that early twentieth century women did not have? How were Ann and Lucy like the average American woman? In what ways were they different from the average American woman? Explain.

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