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

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

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

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

5. In Chapter 18, what life-changing event did Jaouad undertake?
(a) She went to Europe for the first time.
(b) She got married.
(c) She got a dog for the first time.
(d) She got her driver's license.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Melissa's mother tell Jaouad was the hardest part of losing her?

2. What kind of health problem was Jaouad hospitalized four times for in Chapter 24?

3. Which writer did Jaouad quote early in Chapter 25?

4. What did Ned write to Jaouad about the difficulty of in the post-cancer treatment stage?

5. Where did Johnny, Melissa and Jaouad go together in Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Jaouad discover in Chapter 28 about the effects of the road trip and of driving?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What did Jaouad do to try to move on after breaking up with Will?

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

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