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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 did Jaouad and Will use as a table in their apartment in Paris?

2. What did Dr. Holland tell Jaouad she would eventually need?

3. What did Jaouad's high school friend give her that she then gave to her father?

4. What did Jaouad encourage Will to do in Chapter 11 for himself?

5. What job did Jaouad take abroad in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Jaouad tell Will he should do in order to give himself a break from caregiving?

2. What was one consequence of Jaouad's New York Times column?

3. How did Jaouad feel during her first months in Paris?

4. Why did Jaouad's doctors suggest her enrollment in a clinical trial?

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

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

7. What burden did Jaouad think her brother Adam bore as her bone marrow donor?

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

9. How did Jaouad's parents react when she arrived back from Paris looking so ill?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of Jaouad's book title for this memoir, and what does it mean to Jaouad to be "between two kingdoms" herself? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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