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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was Jaouad's mother's favorite day of the year?
2. What was one sign the chemo was beginning to affect Jaouad's body more forcefully?
3. What was one main concern following a transplant?
4. Where did Jaouad move after graduation?
5. What did Jaouad think of as the group of people who she did not know well but came to visit her and offer unsolicited advice?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Jaouad tell Will he should do in order to give himself a break from caregiving?
2. What did Jaouad do when she moved to New York City right after college graduation?
3. What happened when Jaouad met up with an old friend to go to the mall and a movie in Part II?
4. Who did Jaouad meet right before moving to Paris and how did she feel about this person?
5. What was one of Jaouad's first symptoms, in hindsight, of her cancer?
6. Why does Dr. Holland tell Jaouad's mother to call her father and tell him to come to the hospital in Part II?
7. Why did Jaouad's doctor in Paris strongly suggest she should go back to New York for awhile?
8. How did Jaouad feel after hearing about her leukemia diagnosis for the first time?
9. How did Jaouad feel during her first months in Paris?
10. What were some reasons Jaouad moved to Paris soon after college graduation?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing the language and tone Jaouad uses to describe her early experiences in treatment for leukemia.
Essay Topic 2
How does Jaouad explain her eventual breakup with Will to herself and to the reader? How does Jaouad's perspective on the breakup and the reasons behind it change over the course of the book? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
What meaning and place in Jaouad's life does music, and playing music, have? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
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