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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 Mia's father give her after her first recital?
2. What instrument did Mia's father play in a band?
3. Where was Gramps a medic during wartime?
4. Whose idea was it for Mia to study at the school she's recently auditioned for?
5. What is Mia's dad's favorite sport to play?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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."?
2. Who does Mia describe in the waiting room at "4:39 p.m."?
3. How is If I Say structured? How are the different sections of the novel delineated?
4. Where is Mia's body taken after the car accident? Why?
5. How does Mia describe the setting of the ICU?
6. Where does Mia's family live? How is this setting described?
7. How does Mia describe Kim's arrival at the hospital in "4:39 p.m."?
8. How does Mia describe her first date with Adam?
9. How does Mia describe the first weeks when she and Adam became an item?
10. Why is the snowfall significant in If I Stay?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What significance does Mia's father's transformation from punk musician to middle school signify symbolically in the novel? How does this transformation relate to Mia's transformation? What are Mia's observations about her father's transformation?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Mia's experience on Halloween in her junior year of high school. What did Mia dress as? What did Adam dress as? How are their costumes symbolic? What was monumental for Mia about this occasion?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the theme of family in If I Stay. How is this theme developed through character, setting, mood, and tone? How does the author employ symbolism that connects to this theme? What statement regarding family do you think the author is illustrating?
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