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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 Melissa and Jaouad get stopped by police in Chapter 23?

2. What did the person in Jaouad's neighborhood say to her that woke her up out of a stupor?

3. What happened between Will and Jaouad in Chapter 21?

4. What song did Melissa's father sing at her memorial?

5. Who did Jaouad meet in Chapter 17 that became a good friend?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Jaouad do to try to move on after breaking up with Will?

5. How did Jaouad's road trip start out?

6. Where did Jaouad and Will move in Part III, and why did they move there?

7. What were some of the things Jaouad and Melissa bonded over and that formed the foundations of their friendship?

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

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

10. How did Jaouad feel about going to the young adult cancer conference in Las Vegas?

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

What kinds of responses does Jaouad begin to receive from her New York Times column, and how does she respond to the attention? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Who are some of the first other young cancer patients Jaouad begins befriending, and what does she learn from them? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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