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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's new friend in Chapter 19 do for a living?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Artist.
(d) Nurse.

2. 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.

3. Who taught Jaouad how to drive in Chapter 26?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Brian.
(c) Jon.
(d) Will.

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

5. What did Jaouad throw at Will in Chapter 19?
(a) A wooden spoon.
(b) A book.
(c) A glass globe that had been a gift from his mother.
(d) A shoe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Jaouad especially want to learn how to drive?

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

3. What did the psychic tell Jaouad that she was amazed at?

4. What fear did Jaouad's parents hold on to after her treatment for cancer ended?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What are some reasons Jaouad was hesitant to plan for her future with Jon?

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

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

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

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