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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What instrument did Jaouad play?
(a) Double bass.
(b) Guitar.
(c) Violin.
(d) Piano.

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

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

5. Which nurse told Jaouad about Yehya's death?
(a) Joanie.
(b) Addie.
(c) Shirley.
(d) Younique.

6. Why did one doctor almost insist that Jaouad fly from Paris back to New York in Chapter 4?
(a) Her parents insisted on it.
(b) Her red blood cell count was so low that she might not be allowed on a plane if it got any lower.
(c) Her employer would not let her come back to work until she had been seen by doctors in New York.
(d) Jaouad had told the doctor that was the only thing that might improve her health.

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

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

9. What other patient did Jaouad sometimes text in her own unit following her transplant?
(a) Johnny.
(b) Molly.
(c) Alice.
(d) Henry.

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

11. What did Jaouad's high school friend give her that she then gave to her father?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Cookies.
(c) A video tape.
(d) Money.

12. What did Will tell Jaouad he thought they should do in Chapter 7 before she embarked on her treatment?
(a) Break up.
(b) Go on a trip.
(c) Move in to the city together.
(d) Protect their relationship.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was one theory about the reason behind Jaouad's itching in Part I?

3. Where did Jaouad initially go for her cancer treatment?

4. Where was Jaouad's parents' house?

5. What did Doctor K diagnose Jaouad with?

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