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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 did Randy say he could do for his children without being alive?

2. Randy's father always encouraged him to work on _________.

3. Who told Randy he was dying?

4. What made it so hard for Randy to hear he was dying?

5. What was Randy fighting the effects of the night before the lecture?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Jai deliver her first baby early?

2. How did Jai try to motivate Randy to fight through his cancer?

3. How did Randy spend the day of his lecture?

4. What did Jai do to Randy's car one day, and how did he respond?

5. What did Randy's parents buy every year? What did this cause Randy to desire?

6. How did this book come to be?

7. What made Randy's wedding day less romantic than it could have been?

8. How did Randy achieve his dream of being in zero gravity?

9. Why didn't Randy's wife want him to give the lecture?

10. Who was Randy's pretend hero as a child and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Randy and Jai meet, and what led to their relationship? What message did Randy send through sharing this story?

Essay Topic 2

What happened when Father died, and what effect did the death have on Randy?

Essay Topic 3

How is this book different from a traditional narrative? Do you like these differences? Why or why not?

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