Story of My Life Quiz: How Well Do You Know Story Lake?

Quiz: Story of My Life by Lucy Score

Answer 20 questions spanning the first Story Lake book. Questions mix multiple-choice and short-answer formats. An answer key with explanations follows.

Note: “Story of My Life” is book 1 of the Story Lake series by Lucy Score.

Plot & Sequence (8 questions)

What event forces Hazel to leave her Manhattan apartment?
- A) Her publisher cancels her contract
- B) Her divorce attorney says she must vacate by August 15
- C) A fire damages the building
- D) Her best friend Zoey evicts her
What happens when Hazel drives her rental convertible into Story Lake for the first time?
- A) She hits a deer
- B) A fish slams into the windshield, hits her face, and causes a crash
- C) She runs out of gas
- D) Zoey accidentally drives into the lake
How does Hazel acquire Heart House?
- A) She wins it in a poker game with the mayor
- B) She buys it sight unseen in an online auction at 4 a.m.
- C) Her ex-husband gives it to her as part of the divorce
- D) She inherits it from a distant relative
At the emergency town meeting, how does Hazel prove she did not kill the bald eagle Goose?
- A) A witness testifies on her behalf
- B) Dashcam footage shows Goose alive and hitting her car with a fish
- C) Goose appears in person and squawks at the crowd
- D) The mayor dismisses the charges without evidence
Who is elected police chief after Levi Bishop is nominated?
- A) Emilie Rump
- B) Gator Johnson
- C) Levi Bishop
- D) Laura Bishop
Why does Cam break up with Hazel in Chapter 44?
- A) She refuses to move back to New York
- B) He is triggered by his sister Laura’s fall and fears losing another person
- C) He finds out she has been using him for book research
- D) His brothers forbid him from dating her
What is the town’s financial crisis that Hazel helps solve?
- A) A lawsuit from Dominion
- B) The need for a $200,000 sewage treatment plant upgrade
- C) A shortage of tourists due to bad press
- D) The cost of rebuilding the town hall
In the epilogue, what surprise does Hazel reveal to the reader?
- A) She is moving back to Manhattan
- B) She is pregnant
- C) She sold Heart House
- D) She and Cam are getting divorced

Character Motivation (5 questions)

Why does Zoey force Hazel to attend a book signing in Chapter 2?
- (Short answer) ____________________
What is Campbell Bishop’s primary reason for initially being hostile to Hazel?
- A) He thinks she is a fraud
- B) He blames her for the town’s financial problems
- C) He resents outsiders and is afraid of getting hurt again
- D) He is jealous of her success as a writer
Why does Cam finally agree to a “fake date” with Hazel?
- A) He is blackmailed by Felicity
- B) He wants to help her with novel research and secretly likes her
- C) His mother orders him to do it
- D) Hazel threatens to sue him
What motivates Hazel’s ex-husband Jim to show up at Summer Fest?
- A) He wants to reconcile with Hazel
- B) He wants to pressure her into writing another Spring Gate book and still collects royalties
- C) He wants to buy property in Story Lake
- D) He comes to support Hazel’s mother Ramona
Why does Laura Bishop refuse to let Cam use her accident as an excuse to push Hazel away?
- A) She wants Cam to be happy, and she is tired of being treated like a fragile widow
- B) She thinks Hazel is the best thing for the family business
- C) She is secretly in love with Hazel
- D) She wants Cam to move out of Story Lake

Theme & Symbol (4 questions)

What does Heart House symbolize for Hazel when she first buys it?
- A) Her financial ruin
- B) A chance for a fresh start and creative resurgence
- C) A trap that will keep her stuck in the past
- D) A business investment
The bald eagle Goose appears several times in the story. What does Goose represent?
- A) The danger of wildlife
- B) The town’s suspicion and how appearances can be deceiving
- C) Hazel’s guilt over her past
- D) The rivalry between Story Lake and Dominion
Which phrase best captures a major theme of the book?
- A) “All’s fair in love and war”
- B) “Happily ever after starts here”
- C) “You can’t go home again”
- D) “The road to hell is paved with good intentions”
The “Weekend at Bernied” scheme (Chapter 48) shows the town’s attempt to do what?
- A) Raise money for the sewage plant
- B) Make Cam jealous enough to fight for Hazel
- C) Humiliate Hazel publicly
- D) Trick Dominion into leaving Story Lake alone

Synthesis (3 questions)

Compare Hazel’s attitude toward her writing at the beginning and end of the book. How does her move to Story Lake change her creative process?
- (Short answer, 2–3 sentences) ____________________
How does the Bishop family’s dynamic (e.g., the pancake fight in Chapter 12, the sibling confrontations in Chapter 47) influence Cam’s emotional growth?
- (Short answer, 2–3 sentences) ____________________
In the Author’s Note, Lucy Score calls the series “my love letter to you.” How does the novel itself reinforce the idea that fiction can create real community and belonging?
- (Short answer, 2–3 sentences) ____________________

Answer Key

B – Her divorce attorney calls and says she must vacate by August 15 because she only co‑owns the mortgage, not the deed (Chapter 3).
B – A fish hits the windshield, hits Hazel in the face, and the car crashes into the Welcome to Story Lake sign (Chapter 5).
B – After finding a news article about Story Lake, she impulsively buys Heart House in an online auction at 4 a.m. (Chapter 4).
B – Dashcam footage played by Cam and Gage shows Goose alive and dropping a fish that caused the crash. The crowd accepts her innocence (Chapter 16).
C – Levi Bishop is nominated by Laura and seconded by Cam and Gage; he is elected police chief (Chapter 37).
B – After Laura’s fall, Cam is overwhelmed by PTSD from Miller’s death and fears losing Hazel, so he ends the relationship (Chapter 44).
B – The town needs $200,000 for a sewage treatment plant upgrade within eight months or faces annexation by Dominion (Chapter 31).
B – Hazel reveals she is pregnant; she also won a community service award and her book hit #1 on the New York Times bestseller list (Epilogue).
Zoey wants Hazel to confront her writer’s block and prove to her publisher she can still write; the signing also lets Hazel connect with readers (Chapter 2).
C – Cam is protective of the town and his family; he has unresolved trauma from losing his birth parents and fears getting close to anyone new (Chapters 6, 44).
B – Cam reluctantly agrees to a fake date because Hazel needs research for her grumpy-hero novel, and he is secretly drawn to her (Chapter 19).
B – Jim still collects royalties from Hazel’s first three books and pressures her to write another Spring Gate novel, showing his continued exploitation (Chapter 43).
A – Laura insists he stop using her as an excuse and tells him that love is worth the pain; she also wants to be seen as strong, not fragile (Chapter 47).
B – For Hazel, Heart House represents a bold fresh start, the first spark of creative inspiration in two years, and a chance to rebuild her life (Chapter 4).
B – Goose fakes injury, leading Hazel to be falsely accused; the eagle symbolizes how easily the town misjudges based on appearances (Chapters 6, 11, 16).
B – “Happily ever after starts here” is the inscription on the desk Cam builds Hazel; it ties together the book’s themes of second chances and building a happy ending (Chapter 50).
B – The townspeople stage photos of Hazel with other men to make Cam jealous, hoping he will realize his feelings and fight for her (Chapter 48).
At the start, Hazel is blocked, cynical, and writes from observation; after moving to Story Lake, she becomes an active participant, and her romance with Cam unlocks a burst of writing that leads to a bestseller. She stops merely watching life and starts living it.
The Bishop family’s loud, loving, and argumentative dynamic forces Cam to confront his own avoidance. Their teasing and rare honest conversations (like Laura’s and his parents’ tough love) push him to understand that he can invest love in many places without losing everything.
The novel shows a romance writer who moves to a small town and finds both a real-life love and a community that rallies around her. The epilogue and Author’s Note directly invite readers to imagine themselves as part of Story Lake turning fiction into a felt sense of home and belonging.