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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 color did Mia's mother streak the blond wig with that Mia wore for Halloween?

2. What story about a pig did Gramps mention to Mia in the flashback from "2:48 a.m."?

3. What does Gran say Heather has decided to be when she visits Mia?

4. Who is the other driver that was involved in Mia's accident?

5. On what road did Mia's accident take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the setting of Franklin Valley Conservatory described?

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

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 Brooke Vega come to the hospital?

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

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

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

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

9. 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.?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What significance does Mia's father's transformation from punk musician to middle school signify symbolically in the novel? How does this transformation relate to Mia's transformation? What are Mia's observations about her father's transformation?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the character of Mia Hall as the protagonist of If I Stay. How old is Mia? Based on Mia's observations and her actions, how would you define her character? What are Mia's strongest traits? What are her weakest?

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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