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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What procedure finally resulted in the diagnosis that Jaouad and her family all dreaded?
(a) A simple blood test.
(b) A bone density scan.
(c) A DNA analysis of Jaouad's hair.
(d) The bone marrow biopsy.

3. Who did Dr. Holland suggest that Jaouad's mother call to come to the hospital in Chapter 10?
(a) Jaouad's father.
(b) Will.
(c) Jennifer.
(d) Jaouad's brother.

4. Which childhood friend came to see Jaouad nearly every day in Chapter 9?
(a) James.
(b) Molly.
(c) Jennifer.
(d) Mara.

5. Where was Jaouad's parents' house?
(a) Saratoga Springs.
(b) New York City.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Boston.

6. What did Jaouad's mother do for her in Chapter 12 that was necessary but torturous?
(a) Cut her hair.
(b) Give her injections.
(c) Give her baths.
(d) Buy her clothes.

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

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

9. What new project did Jaouad undertake in Chapter 14?
(a) She started building her own house.
(b) She started a blog.
(c) She started a PhD program.
(d) She started to teach online classes.

10. Who visited Jaouad and her parents in Chapter 10?
(a) Jaouad's ex-boyfriend.
(b) Will's parents.
(c) Jaouad's musician friends.
(d) Jaouad's former professors.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Jaouad go for a few weeks before starting her clinical trial?

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

3. What did Jaouad's high school friend give her that she then gave to her father?

4. 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?

5. Who was Jaouad's transplant donor?

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