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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 Gran always make for Adam on Christmas?

2. Where did Kim tell Mia she wanted to live and have normal parents after Mia's fight with Adam?

3. What band's music did Henry say he wants played at his funeral?

4. Who is the tall lanky red-haired guy that played cello at Mia's summer camp?

5. From what illness did Great-Aunt Glo die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of "Waiting for Vengeance"?

2. How does Mia respond to Gran's visit in the ICU after her second surgical procedure?

3. What is the main emotion that Mia describes expressing after her discovery of Teddy's death?

4. Why does Brooke Vega come to the hospital?

5. Who is Mr. Dunlap and what is his role in the novel?

6. Why was Mia's mother upset about Kerry Gifford's funeral?

7. How did Kim respond to the fight between Mia and Adam regarding her?

8. Why did Mia once have an emotional fight with Adam about Kim?

9. How old was Mia when she decided to quit playing cello? Why did she decide to quit?

10. How is Adam's plot involving costumes from the supply closet met by Kim and by Mia?

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 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 3

Analyze and discuss the character of Adam Wilde in If I Stay. How old is Adam? How did Adam meet Mia? How would you describe their relationship? What is revealed of Adam's character through his actions in the novel?

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