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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 does Adam refer to Mia and Kim as when he is plotting to sneak into the ICU to see Mia?

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

3. When did Mia's father start playing drums?

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

5. What band did one of the surgeons who worked on Mia blast when it was his turn to pick the music?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How old was Mia when she decided to quit playing cello? Why did she decide to quit?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Mia describe her first date with Adam? Where did they go? How old were they? What did Mia think about the event?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of music in If I Stay. In what ways do the main characters of the story relate to music? How is music responsible for bringing Mia and Adam together? How is it responsible for the tensions later on in their relationship?

Essay Topic 3

What are the circumstances surrounding the car accident in the novel? Who is at fault for the accident? Why does this make a difference? How does the accident factor into the storyline?

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