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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 overhear her father telling her mother he feared Jaouad might be ill with in Chapter 5?

2. Which high school friend did Jaouad meet with in Chapter 12?

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

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

5. Where was Jaouad's parents' house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did things go when Will's parents met Jaouad's parents for the first time?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does undertaking their own Hundred-Day Projects affect Jaouad and her family during the course of her treatments? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Why does Jaouad keep her distance from her good friend Max when she hears of how ill he is at the end of the book, what makes her finally go to visit him, and what is their conversation like when she does? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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