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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. Which childhood friend came to see Jaouad nearly every day in Chapter 9?
2. Where did Jaouad eventually start writing a regular column?
3. Where did Jaouad move in Chapter 16 for some months to recuperate after her transplant?
4. What did Jaouad overhear her father telling her mother he feared Jaouad might be ill with in Chapter 5?
5. Where did Jaouad have an internship in Part I?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Jaouad feel during her first months in Paris?
2. How did Jaouad come to write a column for The New York Times about her experiences as a cancer patient?
3. What did Will tell Jaouad just before she began her treatment regimen for cancer in Part I?
4. Why did Jaouad's doctors suggest her enrollment in a clinical trial?
5. Why does Dr. Holland tell Jaouad's mother to call her father and tell him to come to the hospital in Part II?
6. What was Jaouad's experiences with the so-called Cancer Guru?
7. How did Jouad feel about Will moving to Paris with her?
8. What did Jaouad do when she moved to New York City right after college graduation?
9. How did Jaouad's parents react when she arrived back from Paris looking so ill?
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
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 becoming Jaouad's transplant donor begin to affect her brother Adam in the lead-up to her surgery? 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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