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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote to Jaouad from death row after her column began appearing?
(a) Marshall Minnow.
(b) Henry Reese.
(c) Allen Janger.
(d) Lil' HQ.

2. Who was Jaouad's transplant donor?
(a) Adam.
(b) Molly.
(c) Hedi.
(d) Jennifer.

3. What was one sign the chemo was beginning to affect Jaouad's body more forcefully?
(a) Her itchiness coming back.
(b) Her vision blurring.
(c) Her bones aching.
(d) Her hair falling out.

4. What did Jaouad's mother do for her in Chapter 12 that was necessary but torturous?
(a) Give her baths.
(b) Cut her hair.
(c) Buy her clothes.
(d) Give her injections.

5. Why did one doctor almost insist that Jaouad fly from Paris back to New York in Chapter 4?
(a) Jaouad had told the doctor that was the only thing that might improve her health.
(b) Her red blood cell count was so low that she might not be allowed on a plane if it got any lower.
(c) Her parents insisted on it.
(d) Her employer would not let her come back to work until she had been seen by doctors in New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jaouad identify as her family's defining trait?

2. What was one main concern following a transplant?

3. Who did Dr. Holland suggest that Jaouad's mother call to come to the hospital in Chapter 10?

4. In Chapter 4, why did Jaouad initially go to the doctor?

5. What kind of emotion did Jaouad write in her journal that joy was?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Jaouad do when she moved to New York City right after college graduation?

2. What burden did Jaouad think her brother Adam bore as her bone marrow donor?

3. How did some of Jaouad's friends let her down when she first told them about her cancer diagnosis?

4. How did Jaouad feel during her first months in Paris?

5. Why does Dr. Holland tell Jaouad's mother to call her father and tell him to come to the hospital in Part II?

6. How did Jaouad come to write a column for The New York Times about her experiences as a cancer patient?

7. How did things go when Will's parents met Jaouad's parents for the first time?

8. What were some reasons Jaouad moved to Paris soon after college graduation?

9. What was one consequence of Jaouad's New York Times column?

10. What did Jaouad tell Will he should do in order to give himself a break from caregiving?

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