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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 was Jaouad's diagnosis in Chapter 6?
2. Where did Jaouad initially go for her cancer treatment?
3. What test did Jaouad take in Chapter 11?
4. What was the cause of Jaouad's high fever in Chapter 10 that nearly killed her?
5. Where did Jaouad study music while in high school?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was one of Jaouad's first symptoms, in hindsight, of her cancer?
2. How did things go when Will's parents met Jaouad's parents for the first time?
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. Who did Jaouad meet right before moving to Paris and how did she feel about this person?
5. What happened when Jaouad met up with an old friend to go to the mall and a movie in Part II?
6. How did Jaouad's parents react when she arrived back from Paris looking so ill?
7. What did Will tell Jaouad just before she began her treatment regimen for cancer in Part I?
8. What were some reasons Jaouad moved to Paris soon after college graduation?
9. Why did Jaouad have to stay in isolation during much of her chemotherapy?
10. Why did Jaouad's doctor in Paris strongly suggest she should go back to New York for awhile?
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
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 undertaking their own Hundred-Day Projects affect Jaouad and her family during the course of her treatments? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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