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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. Whom did Randy quote more than anyone else?

2. How many kinds of head fakes were there?

3. How long did Randy have to live when the tumors were found?

4. What kind of thinker was Randy?

5. What did Randy's wife suggest he do instead of a lecture?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did the first slide of the lecture show?

3. What advice did Randy get when Jai rejected him?

4. Why did Randy move his family before he died?

5. How did Randy choose to deal with his cancer?

6. How did Randy become the coolest kid at the carnival himself?

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

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

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

10. How did the beginning of Randy's lecture affect the tone in the room?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Randy educate himself, and what effect did this have on his family?

Essay Topic 2

Maturity and aging were strong themes in this book. Where did these themes appear, and how significant were they to the lecture?

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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