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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 Jaouad often do on her road trip?
(a) Stop for a bottle of wine.
(b) Give money to charities.
(c) Eat macaroni and cheese.
(d) Camp.

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

3. What helped break the ice with Jaouad's friend's class of girls?
(a) Oscar, Jaouad's dog.
(b) Jaouad's facility with other languages.
(c) Jaouad's musical talent.
(d) Jaouad's neat handwriting.

4. Where did Johnny, Melissa and Jaouad go together in Chapter 20?
(a) A Broadway musical.
(b) India.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) An amusement park.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Melissa learn in Chapter 19 that prompted her to take a big trip?

2. Where did Will travel to in the end of Chapter 19?

3. Who was the first person Jaouad visited on her road trip?

4. How did Jaouad's breakup with Will change her relationship with her parents?

5. What did Jaouad often find herself doing while driving?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Jaouad say the hardest part of her cancer treatment came after her chemo and surgeries ended?

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

3. How did Jaouad feel when she started going to her treatments alone, and took on more of her own care?

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

5. How did Jaouad's road trip start out?

6. How did Jaouad feel about going to the young adult cancer conference in Las Vegas?

7. How did Ned's class react to Jaouad's talk?

8. What did Will tell Jaouad in the end of Part III that shocked her?

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

10. Why did Jaouad want to learn to drive?

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