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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. What nickname does Gramps call Mia when he first talks to her at the hospital?
2. What musical instrument does Mia play?
3. Where is Adam's band opening for the band Bikini as they set off their national tour?
4. Where does Mia keep her collection of classical records?
5. From what narrative point of view is If I Stay related?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Kim say to Mia when she visits the hospital chapel?
2. What does the nurse mean when she says it is up to Mia?
3. How does Mia describe Kim's arrival at the hospital in "4:39 p.m."?
4. What instrument does Mia play? For how long has she played?
5. Where does Mia's family live? How is this setting described?
6. How does Mia describe the setting of the ICU?
7. Why is Mia planning to go to Portland on the night of the car accident?
8. How does Mia describe the beginning of her friendship with Kim?
9. Why is the snowfall significant in If I Stay?
10. What does Mia remark about the social worker telling her grandparents of her condition when they first meet with her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Discuss the narrative point of view that is employed in If I Stay. Why is this narrative point of view warranted? How would the novel change if related from a different narrative perspective? In what ways does this narrative point of view connect to the story's plot?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the themes of grief and loss in If I Stay. Whom does Mia lose in the course of the story? How does Mia cope with those losses? What role do those losses and Mia's grief play in the plot of the novel?
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