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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 high school friend did Jaouad meet with in Chapter 12?

2. Where did Jaouad move in Chapter 2?

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

4. Who did Dr. Holland suggest that Jaouad's mother call to come to the hospital in Chapter 10?

5. What did Jaouad delay her initial cancer treatments for in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

How does Jaouad come to write the "Life, Interrupted" column in The New York Times, and what do those closest to her in her life think about her undertaking that work? Write an essay explaining your answers .

Essay Topic 3

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.

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