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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Jaouad's mother's favorite day of the year?
(a) Bastille Day.
(b) April Fool's Day.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Easter.

2. 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) Her close cousin Jennifer.
(d) A college friend, Jake.

3. What did Jaouad notice changing in hers and Will's relationship after moving into Hope Lodge?
(a) Will was restless in his career.
(b) Distance was growing between them.
(c) Will was more intent on getting married soon.
(d) They were closer than ever.

4. Where was Jaouad's mother Anne originally from?
(a) Spain.
(b) England.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) Tunisia.

5. What did Dr. Holland tell Jaouad she would eventually need?
(a) A full-time paid caregiver.
(b) A wig.
(c) A bone marrow transplant.
(d) A new house.

6. Where did Jaouad move in Chapter 2?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Paris.
(c) London.
(d) Barcelona.

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

8. What did Jaouad identify as her family's defining trait?
(a) Creativity.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Nomadism.
(d) Hustle.

9. What did Jaouad think of as the group of people who she did not know well but came to visit her and offer unsolicited advice?
(a) Good friends.
(b) Enemies.
(c) Zealots.
(d) Disaster tourists.

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

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

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

13. Where did Jaouad study music while in high school?
(a) Boston College of Music.
(b) Carnegie Mellon.
(c) Julliard.
(d) Oberlin.

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

15. What was one sign the chemo was beginning to affect Jaouad's body more forcefully?
(a) Her hair falling out.
(b) Her bones aching.
(c) Her itchiness coming back.
(d) Her vision blurring.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Jaouad move in Chapter 16 for some months to recuperate after her transplant?

2. Which high school friend did Jaouad meet with in Chapter 12?

3. What term did Jaouad use to think of her time in isolation in Chapter 10?

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

5. Who wrote to Jaouad from death row after her column began appearing?

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