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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. Who is the first of Mia's uncles to visit her at the hospital?

2. How does Kim always wear her hair?

3. Who is Mia's aunt who is the first to arrive to see her at the hospital?

4. Where is the Jewish sleepaway camp that Kim goes to every summer?

5. What does Mia's mother want to listen to on the radio as they set out to visit friends?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mia's consciousness transition following the car accident?

2. Who does Mia describe in the waiting room at "4:39 p.m."?

3. Where is Mia's body taken after the car accident? Why?

4. How does Mia describe the setting of the ICU?

5. What did Mia and Adam dress up as for Halloween in Mia's junior year? Where did they go?

6. Why is Mia planning to go to Portland on the night of the car accident?

7. What does the nurse mean when she says it is up to Mia?

8. How does Mia describe her father's transformation after Teddy's birth?

9. What does Kim say to Mia when she visits the hospital chapel?

10. What instrument does Mia play? For how long has she played?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of family in If I Stay. How is this theme developed through character, setting, mood, and tone? How does the author employ symbolism that connects to this theme? What statement regarding family do you think the author is illustrating?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the members of Mia's family that arrive to visit her at the hospital after the accident. Who arrives and from where? How does Mia feel about each of these characters? Who comforts her the most? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the character of Kim in the novel. For how long have Kim and Mia known one another? How are they alike? How are they different?

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