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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. In Chapter 11, what activity did Jaouad turn to to try to make sense of what was happening to her?

2. What did Doctor K diagnose Jaouad with?

3. Who wrote to Jaouad from death row after her column began appearing?

4. Who visited Jaouad and her parents in Chapter 10?

5. What did Jaouad feel, in part, after her initial diagnosis in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who did Jaouad meet right before moving to Paris and how did she feel about this person?

2. What did Jaouad do when she moved to New York City right after college graduation?

3. How did some of Jaouad's friends let her down when she first told them about her cancer diagnosis?

4. What was one of Jaouad's first symptoms, in hindsight, of her cancer?

5. How did Jouad feel about Will moving to Paris with her?

6. How did Jaouad feel after hearing about her leukemia diagnosis for the first time?

7. Why does Dr. Holland tell Jaouad's mother to call her father and tell him to come to the hospital in Part II?

8. What did Will tell Jaouad just before she began her treatment regimen for cancer in Part I?

9. How did Jaouad's medical team react to her news about her plans for getting married to Will?

10. How did Jaouad feel during her earliest days in the oncology ward?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Jaouad handle her time periods in what she calls "the Bubble," during which she is quite isolated and often lonely, during her treatments? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Jaouad describe the long process she went through of symptoms, exhaustion, confusion, and doctor's visits that eventually led to her cancer diagnosis? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How and when does Jaouad decide to try to forge a path ahead in her relationship with Jon, and why was she seriously thinking about breaking up with him towards the end of the memoir? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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