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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 is the name of the band that Adam is in?

2. Why is Mia unable to practice her musical instrument on the morning of the accident?

3. Who does Mia recall Adam dressing as for Halloween in her junior year of high school?

4. Where was Gramps a medic during wartime?

5. How old was Mia when she played in her first recital?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are Mia's parents' professions?

4. How does Mia describe Adam's first visit to meet her parents?

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

6. How does Mia describe the beginning of her friendship with Kim?

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

8. How does Mia describe Kim's arrival at the hospital in "4:39 p.m."?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What significance does Mia's father's transformation from punk musician to middle school signify symbolically in the novel? How does this transformation relate to Mia's transformation? What are Mia's observations about her father's transformation?

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