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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. Who was the first person Jaouad visited on her road trip?

2. In Chapter 19, what did Jaouad compare being in a hospital to?

3. What helped break the ice with Jaouad's friend's class of girls?

4. What kind of health problem was Jaouad hospitalized four times for in Chapter 24?

5. Where did Jaouad go to stay for a while after her big journey in Chapter 26?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Jaouad feel when she started going to her treatments alone, and took on more of her own care?

2. What did Melissa do after getting bad news about her diagnosis that changed her life for the better?

3. When did Jaouad begin to feel uneasy on her road trip for the first time in others' company?

4. Why did Jaouad get so angry at Will that she threw an ornament at him in Part III?

5. What did Jon think of Jaouad's road trip at first?

6. What did Will tell Jaouad in the end of Part III that shocked her?

7. Why did Jaouad want to learn to drive?

8. What did Jaouad discover in Chapter 28 about the effects of the road trip and of driving?

9. What happened that devastated Jaouad and her loved ones after she thought she was done with chemo in Part III?

10. What are some reasons Jaouad was hesitant to plan for her future with Jon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

When and why does Jaouad become very concerned about the negative effects that being a caregiver for her is having on Will, and what are some steps she tries to take to counteract them? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How does Jaouad learn that her cancer treatment will affect her fertility, and how does this knowledge affect her impressions and relationships with her medical team? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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