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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. How old was Mia when her father changed his wardrobe?
2. During what month does the narraitve of If I Stay take place?
3. What song by the Eels did Willow say she wants played at her funeral?
4. What was Gramps doing when Mia asked him whether he liked her dad's new clothes?
5. Where does Mia flee to search for Teddy at 10:40 p.m.?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Mia respond to Gran's visit in the ICU after her second surgical procedure?
2. What is the reason that Mia enters a medical crisis at 10:40 p.m.?
3. Why was Mia's mother upset about Kerry Gifford's funeral?
4. How is Adam's plot involving costumes from the supply closet met by Kim and by Mia?
5. How would you compare Mia with her mother?
6. What is the main emotion that Mia describes expressing after her discovery of Teddy's death?
7. Why does Brooke Vega come to the hospital?
8. How does Mia describe Kerry Gifford's character?
9. Why did Henry and Mia's father have a huge falling out when Teddy was born?
10. What does Gramps tell Mia in the ICU that feels like a blessing to her? Why does she feel this way?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the theme of choice in If I Stay. How does the author illustrate this theme through symbolism and imagery? How is the theme developed through character and setting? How central is the theme of choice in the story?
Essay Topic 2
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?
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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