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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Melissa want to fantasize with Jaouad about in Chapter 23?
(a) Traveling.
(b) Getting another tattoo.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Eating a big meal.

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

3. Why did Jaouad especially want to learn how to drive?
(a) She wanted to drive herself to her treatments.
(b) She wanted to be able to give other people rides to their treatments.
(c) She wanted to buy her first car.
(d) She wanted to take a big road trip soon.

4. In Chapter 21, what did Jaouad learn on what she thought was her last day of chemo?
(a) She was being kicked off of her health insurance.
(b) Her cancer was back.
(c) Her transplant had not worked.
(d) She had another nine months of chemo treatment to go.

5. What did Jaouad burn in her apartment to try to "cleanse" it?
(a) Sage.
(b) Parsley.
(c) Thyme.
(d) Rosemary.

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

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

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

9. What did Jaouad feel pretty sure would be Will's place in her life in Chapter 24?
(a) He would be her missed opportunity.
(b) He would be her caregiver.
(c) He would be her worst mistake.
(d) He would be her great love.

10. What kind of health problem was Jaouad hospitalized four times for in Chapter 24?
(a) A broken leg.
(b) C. diff, an intestinal infection.
(c) Flu.
(d) Migraines.

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

12. What did Jaouad bring on her trip with her in Chapter 26?
(a) Her wedding dress.
(b) Her manuscript.
(c) Melissa's ashes.
(d) Many books.

13. Where did Jaouad keep a lot of her correspondence from when she was ill?
(a) Her desk drawer.
(b) Her father's attic.
(c) Will's old apartment.
(d) A big wooden box.

14. Why did Melissa and Jaouad get stopped by police in Chapter 23?
(a) For jumping a turnstile.
(b) For being too loud in their apartment late at night.
(c) For speeding.
(d) For stealing gum.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the person in Jaouad's neighborhood say to her that woke her up out of a stupor?

2. In Chapter 18, what life-changing event did Jaouad undertake?

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

4. What did Howard and Jaouad have in common?

5. What did Jaouad save for last to visit in Chapter 26?

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