Lucy Quizzes

Lucy Quiz 1

By Cheryl Sherrod · Edited by Adam Kissel · Last reviewed May 18, 2006

1 When was Lucy published?

1991

1988

1989

1990
2 The narrator of Lucy is

Josephine Potter.

Mariah.

Lucy's mother.

Annie John.
3 Who is not one of the children Lucy takes care of?

Miriam

Louisa

May

Myrna
4 What does the monkey throw at Lucy's mother?

a stick

a rock

a coconut

a banana
5 The best word to describe Mariah during the first part of the novel is

pessimistic.

ecstatic.

cynical.

idealistic.
6 "Embittered, emotionally detached heroine" best describes

Peggy.

Mariah.

Maude.

Lucy.
7 Who gives Lucy the name "Visitor"?

Peggy

Mariah

Lucy's mother

Lewis
8 Which of the following is the most likely Freudian reading of Lucy's dream in "Poor Visitor"?

Mariah's and Lewis' places in Lucy's dreams demonstrates they have become integral to her unconscious as well as conscious world.

With the hole representing of eternal damnation, Lucy's sense of exile is spiritual as well as geographic.

Lucy unconsciously feels sexual tension towards Lewis, especially regarding his paternal role.

Lucy is unconsciously aware of the unequal power dynamics inherent in her position as an au pair.
9 From what book of the Bible do Lucy and her cousin read as young children?

Matthew

Romans

Revelations

Acts
10 Which gift does Mariah not give to Lucy?

a book of photographs

a dress

a necklace from Africa

a blank book
11 Where is Lucy's nightgown made?

Australia

China

Antigua

Japan
12 What does Lucy's cousin give her before she leaves for America?

a dress

a Bible

a nightgown

a necklace
13 From where has Hugh just returned from his travels?

The Middle East

Africa and South America

Europe and Asia

Africa and Asia
14 During what month does Lucy arrive in America?

January

November

February

December
15 Which character does Lucy not sleep with?

Lewis

Hugh

Paul

Roland
16 What flower is the object of a poem Lucy had to memorize as a child?

roses

daisies

daffodils

peonies
17 Why does Lucy cry at the very end of the book?

She is mourning her stepfather's death.

She misses home.

She regrets not sending her mother money.

She wishes she could love someone to death.
18 What does Peggy hope to go to school for?

art

hairdressing

photography

culinary arts
19 During her free time, Lucy takes classes for

sketching.

photography.

nursing.

sculpture.
20 After she is no longer an au pair, Lucy becomes a

hairdresser.

writer.

photographer.

receptionist.
21 Mariah's grandfather was born in

Sweden.

Scandinavia.

Slovakia.

Switzerland.
22 Gus is from

Scandinavia.

Switzerland.

Slovakia.

Sweden.
23 Whose tongue does the chapter "Tongue" most likely refer to?

Lewis

All the people Lucy has kissed

Roland

Hugh
24 The family goes to the lake house during the

spring.

summer.

fall.

winter.
25 Lucy does not like Dinah because

Lucy tends to dislike people.

she is the type of woman who envies other people's things.

she is cheating on her husband.

All of the above.

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