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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 did Howard and Jaouad have in common?
(a) A love of bagels.
(b) Chronic illness.
(c) They both liked the same music.
(d) They grew up in the same place.

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

3. 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 heaven.
(c) A kind of hell.
(d) An in-between place between health and illness.

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

5. What did Will say when Jaouad told him about her new relationship?
(a) He earnestly wished her good luck.
(b) No one would ever take care of her like he had.
(c) He told her she had never really loved him.
(d) He was heartbroken.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Jaouad been hoping to come out of her meeting with Will in Chapter 25?

2. Who did Jaouad visit in Detroit?

3. In Chapter 18, what life-changing event did Jaouad undertake?

4. What did Jaouad often do on her road trip?

5. What did Jaouad do on her flight in Chapter 26?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Jaouad's experience right after finally having her port removed?

2. What did Melissa's mother tell Jaouad was the worst part of losing Melissa?

3. Why did Jaouad want to learn to drive?

4. What did Melissa do after getting bad news about her diagnosis that changed her life for the better?

5. How did Jaouad feel for the first few weeks after getting a dog, and what began to change after that?

6. What happened that devastated Jaouad and her loved ones after she thought she was done with chemo in Part III?

7. What did Jaouad take on her trip in Part IV that was very special to her?

8. What were some of the things Jaouad and Melissa bonded over and that formed the foundations of their friendship?

9. When did Jaouad begin to feel uneasy on her road trip for the first time in others' company?

10. Why is home an "elusive" concept for Jaouad (141)?

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