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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 instrument did Elizabeth play at the summer music camp Mia attended?

2. Where does Mia say she has been hanging out in an empty hospital room to be away from her family at 7:13 p.m.?

3. What grade was Mia in when she decided that maybe she would stop playing cello?

4. How old was Kerry Gifford when he died?

5. What song by her father's band does Mia describe having listened to over and over again until she memorized the lyrics?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Henry and Mia's father have a huge falling out when Teddy was born?

2. How would you compare Mia with her mother?

3. What does Gramps tell Mia in the ICU that feels like a blessing to her? Why does she feel this way?

4. Why does Adam's plan to see Mia fail?

5. What questions does Mia ask herself while sitting in the corner of the ICU after her body has been rushed off to surgery at 10:40 p.m.?

6. Who is Brooke Vega? How is she described?

7. Why is Adam prevented from seeing Mia when he arrives at the hospital? How does he respond?

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

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

10. Who convinced Mia to not give up playing cello? How?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the passage and the illustrations of time in If I Stay. How does Mia describe the passage of time in the ICU? What does she relate it to? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the actions, objectives, and obstacles of Adam's attempt to bypass the head nurse and enter the ICU unit. Why does Adam wish to bypass the nurse? How does he go about doing so? Is he successful? Why or why not?

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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