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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 Melissa's mother tell Jaouad was the hardest part of losing her?

2. What honor did Jaouad win in Chapter 21?

3. In Chapter 17, what is an elusive concept for Jaouad?

4. Where did Melissa go during the last days of her life?

5. What did Jaouad confess to the reader about what happened in her lowest moments in Part IV?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is home an "elusive" concept for Jaouad (141)?

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

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

5. How did Jaouad's parents react to the news of her breakup with Will?

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

7. Why did Jaouad want to learn to drive?

8. What did Jaouad take on her trip in Part IV that was very special to her?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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