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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Melissa's mother tell Jaouad was the hardest part of losing her?
(a) Not being able to eat.
(b) Not seeing what Melissa would have painted if she had lived.
(c) How other parents treat her and her husband.
(d) Not being able to cry.

2. What did Jaouad save for last to visit in Chapter 26?
(a) The Cathedral.
(b) The River Kwai.
(c) The Taj Mahal.
(d) The Ringold.

3. Which writer did Jaouad quote early in Chapter 25?
(a) Susan Sontag.
(b) Zadie Smith.
(c) Annie Liebovitz.
(d) Annie Dillard.

4. What did Jaouad throw at Will in Chapter 19?
(a) A book.
(b) A shoe.
(c) A glass globe that had been a gift from his mother.
(d) A wooden spoon.

5. What did some of the cancer patients do in Chapter 20 that Jaouad sat out?
(a) Swam in the pool.
(b) Drank.
(c) Got tattoos.
(d) Gambled.

6. Who offered Jaouad the use of a car?
(a) Jon.
(b) Gideon.
(c) Henry.
(d) Brian.

7. Where did Jaouad go to stay for a while after her big journey in Chapter 26?
(a) Her mother's studio in Saratoga.
(b) Her family's cabin in Vermont.
(c) A hotel in New Orleans.
(d) Her old apartment in Chicago.

8. What did Will say when Jaouad told him about her new relationship?
(a) He told her she had never really loved him.
(b) He earnestly wished her good luck.
(c) He was heartbroken.
(d) No one would ever take care of her like he had.

9. In Chapter 18, what life-changing event did Jaouad undertake?
(a) She went to Europe for the first time.
(b) She got a dog for the first time.
(c) She got her driver's license.
(d) She got married.

10. How did Jaouad know Jon felt about her taking the road trip?
(a) He supported it.
(b) He wanted her to go, but he wanted to come with her.
(c) He disapproved at first, worrying about her safety alone.
(d) He was indifferent to it.

11. What did Howard and Jaouad have in common?
(a) A love of bagels.
(b) They both liked the same music.
(c) Chronic illness.
(d) They grew up in the same place.

12. What did Bret do for work before his illness?
(a) He was a musician.
(b) He was a teacher.
(c) He was a lawyer.
(d) He was a filmmaker.

13. What song did Melissa's father sing at her memorial?
(a) Tears in Heaven.
(b) Memories.
(c) Dimming of the Day.
(d) See You Again.

14. What did Jon do for a living?
(a) Musician.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Landscaper.
(d) Laywer.

15. What did Jaouad remember being very upset with Will about in Chapter 32?
(a) His buying a pet without telling her.
(b) His having forgotten to pick up her prescriptions.
(c) His getting a new job.
(d) His going to a wedding in California without her because she was too sick to travel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Jaouad meet with in the start of Chapter 28 in Massachusetts?

2. What kind of health problem was Jaouad hospitalized four times for in Chapter 24?

3. What happened between Will and Jaouad in Chapter 21?

4. What did the psychic tell Jaouad that she was amazed at?

5. Where did Jaouad and Jon first meet?

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