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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What realization does Will come to at the end of Chapter 14?
(a) He is doomed.
(b) He is very dangerous to Stella.
(c) His treatment is worthless.
(d) He can lead a fulfilling life even with CF.

2. Why are Stella's friends sad at the beginning of the novel?
(a) They cannot afford the trip to Cabo.
(b) They have been forbidden from taking the trip to Cabo.
(c) Stella is missing the trip to Cabo.
(d) Their trip to Cabo has been canceled.

3. As Will tells Stella in Chapter 10, why does he prefer his favorite kind of drawing style?
(a) It is colorful.
(b) It is subversive.
(c) It is mainstream.
(d) It is humorous.

4. When Stella first came to Saint Grace's, Abby introduced her to whom?
(a) Julie.
(b) Barb.
(c) Jason.
(d) Poe.

5. Where does Will wait for Stella to get out of surgery in Chapter 14?
(a) The roof.
(b) The chapel.
(c) His room.
(d) The lounge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Abby clutching in the video Stella watches in Chapter 9?

2. What does Poe express concern about in Chapter 7?

3. In Chapter 10, Will realizes that he has never seen whom visit the hospital?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 10, Julie notices what change in Will?

5. What does Stella do with Will following lunch with her mother in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some things Will learns about Stella during his all-night marathon of her videos in Chapter 4?

2. Why is Stella back in the hospital at the beginning of the novel, and how long will she be there?

3. How does Will comfort Stella before her surgery in Chapter 13?

4. How does Stella's lunch with her mother in Chapter 9 add to Stella's feelings of guilt?

5. What does Stella experience as she is placed under anesthesia in Chapter 13?

6. According to Dr. Hamid in Chapter 11, why must Stella have surgery immediately?

7. Who is Poe and what is special about him? What does the reader learn about him the novel's opening chapters?

8. According to Will in Chapter 10, in which type of art is he most interested? Why?

9. How does Stella decorate her hospital room at the beginning of the novel?

10. How has Will affected Stella's anxiety? What solution does she propose in Chapter 6? What is Will's response?

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