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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Jaouad often do when she felt she and Will were on the verge of a big fight?
(a) Took Xanax.
(b) Walked out.
(c) Called her mother.
(d) Cried.

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

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

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

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

6. Who did Jaouad meet in Pine Ridge?
(a) Ned.
(b) Salsa.
(c) Bret.
(d) Nick.

7. What was a red flag for Jaouad that she did not want to continue conversation with Kevin and Candy?
(a) Kevin hit on her when Candy was not listening.
(b) Kevin was taking drugs.
(c) Kevin asked her to borrow money.
(d) Kevin made fun of her name.

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

9. Who was the first person Jaouad visited on her road trip?
(a) Salsa.
(b) Max.
(c) Ned.
(d) Katherine.

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

11. What did Jaouad on the one-year anniversary of Melissa's death?
(a) Visited Melissa's grave.
(b) Took a trip to Germany.
(c) Took a trip to India.
(d) Visited Melissa's old partner.

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

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

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

15. What did Bret tell Jaouad he was planning for?
(a) A trip of his own across the country.
(b) A new job.
(c) A baby.
(d) A new house.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 21, what did Jaouad learn on what she thought was her last day of chemo?

2. What did Howard and Jaouad have in common?

3. What did Jaouad's new friend in Chapter 19 do for a living?

4. Where did Howard tell Jaouad his wife grew up?

5. What did Jaouad talk to her friend's class about?

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