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

2. How old was Kerry Gifford when he died?

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

4. What band was Kerry Gifford running the sound for when he died?

5. Where did Mia spend most of her time during Adam's set at the club on Halloween in her junior year of high school?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the reason that Mia enters a medical crisis at 10:40 p.m.?

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

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

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

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

7. 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.?

8. How would you compare Mia with her mother?

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

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

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

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

What are the circumstances that enable the car accident that Mia is injured by? Why is Mia's family driving on the day of the accident? Where are they going? With whom do they collide? Why?

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