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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 did Gramps tell Mia that her father did when he was about ten years old?

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

3. What novel did Gramps say students would be lucky to read with his son?

4. What band t-shirt did Mia wear for Halloween in her junior year?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Mia go to search for Teddy at 10:40 p.m.? Why?

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

3. 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.?

4. Why does Brooke Vega come to the hospital?

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

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

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

8. How would you compare Mia with her mother?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the theme of family in If I Stay. How is this theme developed through character, setting, mood, and tone? How does the author employ symbolism that connects to this theme? What statement regarding family do you think the author is illustrating?

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