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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 was the first oral discussion on that Mia and Kim were assigned together in English class in middle school?
(a) To Kill a Mockingbird.
(b) Charlotte's Web.
(c) Animal Farm.
(d) A Farewell to Arms.

2. Who does Mia recall Adam dressing as for Halloween in her junior year of high school?
(a) Beethoven.
(b) Keith Richards.
(c) Jim Morrison.
(d) Mozart.

3. What instrument did Mia's father play in a band?
(a) Saxophone.
(b) Guitar.
(c) Bass.
(d) Drums.

4. For how long has Mia been playing the musical instrument she plays?
(a) Almost 6 years.
(b) Almost 10 years.
(c) Almost 15 years.
(d) Almost 3 years.

5. Where was Kim's bat mitzvah held?
(a) Maryland.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) New York.
(d) Portland.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Mia's family going on vacation when her mother snuck her into a casino?

2. What attraction in New York did Mia most want to see when she was nine?

3. What does Mia's mother cook for breakfast on snow day?

4. What does Mia see that makes her recognize her own body lying in a ditch after the car accident?

5. Whom does Mia refer to as her parents' patron saint?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mia describe her experiences at Adam's shows?

2. How does Mia describe the first weeks when she and Adam became an item?

3. Where is Mia's body taken after the car accident? Why?

4. What did Mia and Adam dress up as for Halloween in Mia's junior year? Where did they go?

5. What does Mia remark about the social worker telling her grandparents of her condition when they first meet with her?

6. How is Mia's character introduced by the author in the opening of the novel? What does the reader learn about Mia in "7:09 a.m."?

7. How does Mia's consciousness transition following the car accident?

8. What are Mia's parents' professions?

9. What instrument does Mia play? For how long has she played?

10. Who does Mia describe in the waiting room at "4:39 p.m."?

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