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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. What famous artist did Jaouad admire in Chapter 13?
(a) Frida Kahlo.
(b) Willow Rose.
(c) Annie Anderson.
(d) Georgia O-Keefe.

2. What did Doctor K diagnose Jaouad with?
(a) Burnout Syndrome.
(b) Multiple Sclerosis.
(c) Flu.
(d) Leukemia.

3. Where did Jaouad's mother take her for alternative approaches to the diagnosis?
(a) To her own acupuncturist.
(b) The Cancer Guru.
(c) An Eastern Medicine Medical Center.
(d) To the Temple Mount.

4. What did Will tell Jaouad he thought they should do in Chapter 7 before she embarked on her treatment?
(a) Break up.
(b) Move in to the city together.
(c) Protect their relationship.
(d) Go on a trip.

5. Who visited Jaouad and her parents in Chapter 10?
(a) Jaouad's former professors.
(b) Jaouad's ex-boyfriend.
(c) Will's parents.
(d) Jaouad's musician friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jaouad's father do for his Hundred-Day Project?

2. In Chapter 11, what activity did Jaouad turn to to try to make sense of what was happening to her?

3. What did Jaouad's mother do for her in Chapter 12 that was necessary but torturous?

4. Which romantic partner did Jaouad meet just before moving abroad?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How did Jaouad feel after hearing about her leukemia diagnosis for the first time?

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

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

8. What was Jaouad's experiences with the so-called Cancer Guru?

9. How did Jaouad's parents react when she arrived back from Paris looking so ill?

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

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