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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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.

9. Who wrote to Jaouad from death row after her column began appearing?
(a) Allen Janger.
(b) Lil' HQ.
(c) Marshall Minnow.
(d) Henry Reese.

10. Who was Jaouad's first oncologist?
(a) Dr. Haines.
(b) Dr. Holland.
(c) Dr. Merry.
(d) Dr. Winstrom.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What famous artist did Jaouad admire in Chapter 13?

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

3. Where did Jaouad have an internship in Part I?

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

5. What did Dr. Holland tell Jaouad she would eventually need?

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