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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 aunt doing when the social worker comes to talk to the family at 4:47 p.m.?
2. For how long were Mia's parents married before Mia's mother became pregnant?
3. How does Mia describe the person who conducted the marriage ceremony for her parents?
4. What is Mia's favorite dish that her father makes?
5. What musical instrument does Mia play?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Mia describe Kim's arrival at the hospital in "4:39 p.m."?
2. How does Mia's consciousness transition following the car accident?
3. 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."?
4. How does Mia describe her first date with Adam?
5. What instrument does Mia play? For how long has she played?
6. Why is the snowfall significant in If I Stay?
7. How does Mia describe the setting of the ICU?
8. What does Kim say to Mia when she visits the hospital chapel?
9. What does the nurse mean when she says it is up to Mia?
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
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
Describe and discuss the members of Mia's family that arrive to visit her at the hospital after the accident. Who arrives and from where? How does Mia feel about each of these characters? Who comforts her the most? Why?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the themes of grief and loss in If I Stay. Whom does Mia lose in the course of the story? How does Mia cope with those losses? What role do those losses and Mia's grief play in the plot of the novel?
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