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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 was the day of Jaouad's transplant called?

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

4. Who was Jaouad's first oncologist?

5. Where did Jaouad tell Will not to kiss her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What were some reasons Jaouad moved to Paris soon after college graduation?

10. What was Jaouad's experiences with the so-called Cancer Guru?

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 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

Why does Jaouad decide to take her three month-long road trip after her treatments are finally over, and what does she learn from meeting so many different kinds of people? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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