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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 term did Jaouad use to think of her time in isolation in Chapter 10?
(a) The Room.
(b) The Bubble.
(c) The Rope.
(d) The Hanging.

2. What did Jaouad overhear her father telling her mother he feared Jaouad might be ill with in Chapter 5?
(a) Multiple Sclerosis.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Flu.
(d) HIV.

3. Who was one of the first people Jaouad called to say she had cancer?
(a) An old high school friend.
(b) Her close cousin Jennifer.
(c) An old professor.
(d) A college friend, Jake.

4. Where did Jaouad study music while in high school?
(a) Oberlin.
(b) Carnegie Mellon.
(c) Julliard.
(d) Boston College of Music.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jaouad tell Will she thought they should do in Chapter 10?

2. What instrument did Jaouad play?

3. What did Jaouad think of as the group of people who she did not know well but came to visit her and offer unsolicited advice?

4. Which high school friend did Jaouad meet with in Chapter 12?

5. Where did Jaouad move in Chapter 16 for some months to recuperate after her transplant?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Jaouad's doctor in Paris strongly suggest she should go back to New York for awhile?

3. How did Jouad feel about Will moving to Paris with her?

4. What happened when Jaouad met up with an old friend to go to the mall and a movie in Part II?

5. What was one of Jaouad's first symptoms, in hindsight, of her cancer?

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

7. Who did Jaouad meet right before moving to Paris and how did she feel about this person?

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

9. Why did Jaouad's doctors suggest her enrollment in a clinical trial?

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

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