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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 the name of the band that Adam is in?

2. How much snow has covered Mia's lawn when she awakens at 7:09 a.m.?

3. Who is the first of Mia's uncles to visit her at the hospital?

4. Who is Mia's aunt who is the first to arrive to see her at the hospital?

5. What was the first oral discussion on that Mia and Kim were assigned together in English class in middle school?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Mia describe her first date with Adam?

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

6. How does Mia describe the setting of the ICU?

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

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

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

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

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 2

Discuss the motif of music in If I Stay. In what ways do the main characters of the story relate to music? How is music responsible for bringing Mia and Adam together? How is it responsible for the tensions later on in their relationship?

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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