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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Jaouad and other patients do on the Fourth of July in the hospital?
(a) Painted pictures of flags.
(b) Had sparklers.
(c) Had flag-themed desserts.
(d) Watched a fireworks display from the window.

2. 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) India.
(d) Her apartment in New York City.

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

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

5. Where did Jaouad initially go for her cancer treatment?
(a) Brigham and Women's Hospital.
(b) Mount Sinai.
(c) Yale University.
(d) Boston University.

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

7. What was the day of Jaouad's transplant called?
(a) Day One.
(b) The Beginning.
(c) Day Zero.
(d) Sol Friend.

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

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

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

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 would mean Jaouad's health insurance would be in jeopardy.
(c) It might affect Jaouad's chances of having her fertility treatments work.
(d) It might affect Jaouad's chances of getting a job.

12. What did Jaouad see on her father's face when he picked her up from the airport?
(a) Peace.
(b) Joy.
(c) Suspicion.
(d) Shock.

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

14. What was Jaouad's diagnosis in Chapter 6?
(a) Huntington's Disease.
(b) Multiple sclerosis.
(c) HIV.
(d) Acute myeloid leukemia.

15. What was the cause of Jaouad's high fever in Chapter 10 that nearly killed her?
(a) A reaction to her chemo.
(b) A virus.
(c) A small cut on her genitals that had gotten infected.
(d) A reaction to her transplant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jaouad delay her initial cancer treatments for in Chapter 8?

2. What did Jaouad feel, in part, after her initial diagnosis in Chapter 6?

3. Who was Jaouad's first oncologist?

4. Which nurse told Jaouad about Yehya's death?

5. Where was Jaouad's father Hedi from?

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