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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. Why did one doctor almost insist that Jaouad fly from Paris back to New York in Chapter 4?

2. What did Jaouad notice changing in hers and Will's relationship after moving into Hope Lodge?

3. In Chapter 4, what symptom was getting so bad Jaouad could not ignore it any longer?

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

5. What term did Jaouad use to think of her time in isolation in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happened when Jaouad met up with an old friend to go to the mall and a movie in Part II?

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

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

6. Why did Jaouad's doctor in Paris strongly suggest she should go back to New York for awhile?

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

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

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

10. Why did Jaouad have to stay in isolation during much of her chemotherapy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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

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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