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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Jaouad talk to her friend's class about?
(a) Her experiences with cancer and her philosophy about dealing with grief, loss, and setbacks.
(b) Her music and her relationship with Will.
(c) Real estate law, her experiences at Julliard, and her cancer treatments.
(d) Chakras, the cancer guru she had seen, and her time at Julliard.

2. Where did Johnny, Melissa and Jaouad go together in Chapter 20?
(a) An amusement park.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) India.
(d) A Broadway musical.

3. In Chapter 19, what did Jaouad compare being in a hospital to?
(a) Living in a big city.
(b) School.
(c) Prison.
(d) Work.

4. In Chapter 19, what great new friend did Jaoaud meet?
(a) Johnny.
(b) Henry.
(c) Melissa.
(d) Max.

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

6. Where did Jaouad and her friends travel to a conference for young cancer patients in Chapter 20?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Las Vegas.
(c) Boston.
(d) New York.

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

8. Who did Jaouad meet in Chapter 17 that became a good friend?
(a) Johnny.
(b) Melissa.
(c) Max.
(d) Bret.

9. Where did Will travel to in the end of Chapter 19?
(a) Maine.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Texas.
(d) Chicago.

10. What happened between Will and Jaouad in Chapter 21?
(a) Will moved out.
(b) They bought a house together.
(c) They got married.
(d) They got a job at the same company.

11. In Chapter 17, what is an elusive concept for Jaouad?
(a) Work.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Home.
(d) Love.

12. What did Jaouad often worry about in the aftermath of her cancer in Part IV?
(a) How her parents would react to her news of her new job.
(b) If she would be able to find a new apartment.
(c) When she would find work.
(d) If she would get sick again.

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

14. What awkward question did Jon ask Jaouad on what turned out to be their first date?
(a) What her favorite album was.
(b) What her favorite food was.
(c) What her favorite season was.
(d) What her favorite sport was.

15. What did Jaouad confess to the reader about what happened in her lowest moments in Part IV?
(a) She fantasized about getting sick again.
(b) She missed her parents.
(c) She wanted to move to another country.
(d) She wanted to give her dog back to the shelter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jaouad on the one-year anniversary of Melissa's death?

2. What fear did Jaouad's parents hold on to after her treatment for cancer ended?

3. Where did Jaouad keep a lot of her correspondence from when she was ill?

4. What did Melissa learn in Chapter 19 that prompted her to take a big trip?

5. What did Jaouad burn in her apartment to try to "cleanse" it?

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