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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. How old is Mia?

3. What did Mia's father give her after her first recital?

4. What does Mia say the smell of pipe tobacco reminds her of?

5. What is Mia's favorite dish that her father makes?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Mia describe her father's transformation after Teddy's birth?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the character of Mia Hall as the protagonist of If I Stay. How old is Mia? Based on Mia's observations and her actions, how would you define her character? What are Mia's strongest traits? What are her weakest?

Essay Topic 2

What are the circumstances surrounding the car accident in the novel? Who is at fault for the accident? Why does this make a difference? How does the accident factor into the storyline?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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