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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. Randy refused to see his cancer diagnosis as ____________.

2. What was Randy's father's job in the war?

3. What kind of cancer did Randy have?

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

5. How did Randy describe his wife when he first met her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was Randy's dream job as a child?

4. What did Randy paint in high school?

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

6. Why did Jai deliver her first baby early?

7. How did this book come to be?

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

9. What did Randy give away at his lecture? Why?

10. How did Randy meet his childhood pretend hero, and what did he do for Randy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Jai cope with her husband's death, and what did Randy do to try and soften the blow?

Essay Topic 2

Randy endures many different trials before the end of the book. What are some of these trials and what lessons does he learn through these experiences?

Essay Topic 3

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

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