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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Jaouad eventually start writing a regular column?
(a) The Huffington Post.
(b) The New York Times.
(c) The Washington Post.
(d) Newsweek.

2. What did Jaouad do for her Hundred-Day Project?
(a) Painted.
(b) Baked a new cake every day.
(c) Wrote in her journal.
(d) Made a phone call every day.

3. Where did Jaouad attend college?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Yale.
(c) University of Pennsylvania.
(d) Princeton.

4. What radio show did Jaouad appear on just after moving into her temporary accommodation following her transplant?
(a) Morning Edition.
(b) Talk of the Nation.
(c) Livewire.
(d) Weekend Edition Saturday.

5. In Chapter 11, what activity did Jaouad turn to to try to make sense of what was happening to her?
(a) Collaging.
(b) Knitting.
(c) Baking.
(d) Writing in her journal.

6. Who was Jaouad's transplant donor?
(a) Hedi.
(b) Molly.
(c) Adam.
(d) Jennifer.

7. What test did Jaouad take in Chapter 11?
(a) SAT.
(b) LSAT.
(c) GRE.
(d) MCAT.

8. What did Will and Jaouad do together to help pass the time in Chapter 10?
(a) Play music.
(b) Watch movies.
(c) Paint.
(d) Read.

9. In Chapter 4, why did Jaouad initially go to the doctor?
(a) Because she was losing her hair.
(b) For her itching.
(c) For birth control.
(d) For her sore abdomen.

10. In Chapter 12, what television show did Jaouad like to watch in marathons?
(a) Grey's Anatomy.
(b) Friends.
(c) Modern Family.
(d) ER.

11. What kind of emotion did Jaouad write in her journal that joy was?
(a) Common.
(b) Terrifying.
(c) Euphoric.
(d) Sad.

12. In Chapter 7, what does Jaouad refer to cancer as?
(a) A great gossip.
(b) An equalizer.
(c) A grim reaper.
(d) A dark reckoning.

13. Who wrote to Jaouad from death row after her column began appearing?
(a) Henry Reese.
(b) Marshall Minnow.
(c) Lil' HQ.
(d) Allen Janger.

14. Where did Jaouad have an internship in Part I?
(a) The Center for Constitutional Rights.
(b) National Public Radio.
(c) The Blanden Project.
(d) The Harvard Law School.

15. In Chapter 4, what symptom was getting so bad Jaouad could not ignore it any longer?
(a) Pain in her foot.
(b) Losing her hair.
(c) Fatigue.
(d) Vision problems.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Jaouad's first oncologist?

2. In Chapter 17, what did Jaouad's parents think was happening to her?

3. Who helped connect Jaouad with an editor, initially, to help her get her column published?

4. Where was Jaouad's mother Anne originally from?

5. Who visited Jaouad and her parents in Chapter 10?

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