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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 does Teddy suggest he and his dad do when it is announced that school is canceled?

2. How many siblings does Mia's father have?

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

4. Whose idea was it for Mia to study at the school she's recently auditioned for?

5. Mia's mother told her that the word "bitch" is just another word for what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is the snowfall significant in If I Stay?

3. How does Mia describe Kim's arrival at the hospital in "4:39 p.m."?

4. How does Mia describe Adam's first visit to meet her parents?

5. How is If I Say structured? How are the different sections of the novel delineated?

6. Why is Mia planning to go to Portland on the night of the car accident?

7. How does Mia compare the casino to the ICU?

8. 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."?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Mia's care immediately following the car accident. Where is Mia transported? How? Why is the transported to this setting? What medical procedures does she undergo?

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

Where does Mia's family live? How does Mia feel about her surroundings in her town? Where is her town in proximity to the major cities described in the narrative? How do you relate to this setting?

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