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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 cry.
(b) How other parents treat her and her husband.
(c) Not seeing what Melissa would have painted if she had lived.
(d) Not being able to eat.

2. What honor did Jaouad win in Chapter 21?
(a) A Pulitzer Prize.
(b) A Newberry Prize.
(c) A National Book Award.
(d) An Emmy Award.

3. 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.

4. What kind of space did Jaouad think of herself as occupying immediately following her last treatments in Chapter 25?
(a) A place of limitless possibility.
(b) A kind of hell.
(c) An in-between place between health and illness.
(d) A kind of heaven.

5. Where did Jaouad and Jon first meet?
(a) Music camp when they were teenagers.
(b) When they were both in the cancer ward at the hospital.
(c) When they were neighbors.
(d) Their restaurant jobs.

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

7. Who had a crush on Melissa in Chapter 20?
(a) Max.
(b) James.
(c) Henry.
(d) Johnny.

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

9. What fear did Jaouad's parents hold on to after her treatment for cancer ended?
(a) That she would get sick again.
(b) That she would want to move far away.
(c) That she would not be able to work.
(d) That she would start a relationship with someone who did not treat her well.

10. Who did Jaouad visit in Detroit?
(a) Bret.
(b) Nitasha.
(c) Max.
(d) Howard.

11. What did Jaouad's new friend in Chapter 19 do for a living?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Nurse.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Artist.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jaouad often find herself doing while driving?

2. In Chapter 27, what revelation helped Jaouad deal with her transition into post-cancer life?

3. What did Will say when Jaouad told him about her new relationship?

4. What did Jaouad bring on her trip with her in Chapter 26?

5. Where did Will travel to in the end of Chapter 19?

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