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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. Where did Great-Aunt Glo have her ashes scattered?

2. Who is purportedly the director of community affairs at the hospital where Mia is held?

3. How does Mia describe the pants she wore for Halloween in her junior year of high school?

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

5. What is the band that Mia was asked if she was in on Halloween of her junior year?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How is Great-Aunt Glo's funeral described?

6. Why does Brooke Vega come to the hospital?

7. How does Mia describe Kerry Gifford's character?

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

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

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 narrative point of view that is employed in If I Stay. Why is this narrative point of view warranted? How would the novel change if related from a different narrative perspective? In what ways does this narrative point of view connect to the story's plot?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the character of Kim in the novel. For how long have Kim and Mia known one another? How are they alike? How are they different?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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