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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 talk to her friend's class about?
(a) Real estate law, her experiences at Julliard, and her cancer treatments.
(b) Her music and her relationship with Will.
(c) Her experiences with cancer and her philosophy about dealing with grief, loss, and setbacks.
(d) Chakras, the cancer guru she had seen, and her time at Julliard.

2. What did the person in Jaouad's neighborhood say to her that woke her up out of a stupor?
(a) He told her she looked like a mean person.
(b) He told her to wake up and that death was the last resort.
(c) He told her she looked sick.
(d) He told her she looked like someone no one loved.

3. In Chapter 17, what is an elusive concept for Jaouad?
(a) Home.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Work.
(d) Love.

4. What do Will and Jaouad have joint custody of?
(a) Their car.
(b) Their hamster.
(c) Their cat.
(d) Their dog.

5. What song did Melissa's father sing at her memorial?
(a) Tears in Heaven.
(b) Memories.
(c) See You Again.
(d) Dimming of the Day.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Bret do for work before his illness?

3. What honor did Jaouad win in Chapter 21?

4. How did Jaouad know Jon felt about her taking the road trip?

5. What did Jaouad confess to the reader about what happened in her lowest moments in Part IV?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Jaouad and Will move in Part III, and why did they move there?

2. What did Jon think of Jaouad's road trip at first?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How did Jaouad's parents react to the news of her breakup with Will?

9. Why did Jaouad want to learn to drive?

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

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