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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. Ann went to a movie premiere and ________________ but did not tell Lucy.

2. Why did Ann have Lucy moved to a different hospital room?

3. What did Lucy actually do after she made a promise to Ann?

4. Ann and Lucy decided that once Lucy got better, they could call these years the _________________.

5. More often than not, when a publication asked Lucy to write for them, Lucy would ____________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Lucy so pleased when Ann began to date a doctor in Nashville?

2. What did Ann find especially alarming when Lucy read an essay at a Provincetown reading?

3. What did Karl, Ann's boyfriend, say that he could help Lucy attain with her health issues?

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

5. What was Lucy's pattern of happiness and depression?

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

7. How did Ann naively view Lucy's drug addiction and suicide attempts?

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

9. How well did Lucy manage her finances?

10. What was the main question Lucy asked her psychiatrists when she saw them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

It has been said that creative people such as writers and artists have some degree of mental illness which makes their work brilliant. Explain whether or not you think mental illness shaped Lucy's life and work.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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