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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Jaouad tell Will not to kiss her?
(a) The Eiffel Tower.
(b) The banks of the Seine.
(c) The Louvre.
(d) The Pont des Artes.

2. Which romantic partner did Jaouad meet just before moving abroad?
(a) Allen.
(b) Jon.
(c) Will.
(d) Henry.

3. What did Jaouad encourage Will to do in Chapter 11 for himself?
(a) Get a new job.
(b) Travel extensively.
(c) Look for houses for them to buy.
(d) Take up a hobby.

4. What did Doctor K diagnose Jaouad with?
(a) Flu.
(b) Leukemia.
(c) Multiple Sclerosis.
(d) Burnout Syndrome.

5. Where did Jaouad move in Chapter 16 for some months to recuperate after her transplant?
(a) The Marriott.
(b) Henderson Hotel.
(c) The Hilton.
(d) Hope Lodge.

6. Where did Jaouad go for a few weeks before starting her clinical trial?
(a) Her parents' house in Saratoga.
(b) Will's house in California.
(c) Her apartment in New York City.
(d) India.

7. Where did Jaouad move after graduation?
(a) Chicago.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Boston.
(d) New York City.

8. Who helped connect Jaouad with an editor, initially, to help her get her column published?
(a) Her father.
(b) Will.
(c) A former professor of hers.
(d) An old friend from high school.

9. What did Jaouad overhear her father telling her mother he feared Jaouad might be ill with in Chapter 5?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Multiple Sclerosis.
(c) Flu.
(d) HIV.

10. Where was Jaouad's father Hedi from?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) Spain.
(c) England.
(d) Tunisia.

11. Why did a social worker advise Jaouad and Will not to get married?
(a) It would push the start of her treatments back even further.
(b) It might affect Jaouad's chances of getting a job.
(c) It might affect Jaouad's chances of having her fertility treatments work.
(d) It would mean Jaouad's health insurance would be in jeopardy.

12. What did Jaouad's father do for his Hundred-Day Project?
(a) Painted.
(b) Baked.
(c) Knitted.
(d) Wrote down 101 childhood memories of his for Jaouad.

13. Who was one of the first people Jaouad called to say she had cancer?
(a) An old professor.
(b) An old high school friend.
(c) A college friend, Jake.
(d) Her close cousin Jennifer.

14. What did Will do when he found out Jaouad had cancer?
(a) Told her he needed some time to process the news.
(b) Took a few days to make arrangements to come back to California.
(c) Got the first flight back to New York City.
(d) Told her he would be back in a few weeks.

15. What did Jaouad and Will use as a table in their apartment in Paris?
(a) A stack of books.
(b) A record turntable.
(c) A cardboard box.
(d) A steamer trunk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What procedure finally resulted in the diagnosis that Jaouad and her family all dreaded?

2. In Chapter 11, what activity did Jaouad turn to to try to make sense of what was happening to her?

3. What was Jaouad's mother's favorite day of the year?

4. What did Jaouad's mother do for her in Chapter 12 that was necessary but torturous?

5. What was Jaouad's diagnosis in Chapter 6?

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