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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 is Mia's mother's profession?

2. Who is Mia's best friend?

3. Where did Yo-Yo Ma perform when Adam took Mia to see him?

4. What is the name of the band that Adam is in?

5. How old has Teddy just turned at the beginning of the narrative?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kim say to Mia when she visits the hospital chapel?

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

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

4. Where does Mia's family live? How is this setting described?

5. How would you describe Mia's family? Are they close?

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

7. How does Mia describe the beginning of her friendship with Kim?

8. What does the nurse mean when she says it is up to Mia?

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

10. 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."?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Mia describe her first date with Adam? Where did they go? How old were they? What did Mia think about the event?

Essay Topic 2

What are the circumstances that enable the car accident that Mia is injured by? Why is Mia's family driving on the day of the accident? Where are they going? With whom do they collide? Why?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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