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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what did Kelly pray on the way home from the hospital?
(a) A diagnosis of no cancer.
(b) Her mother's health.
(c) A loan approval.
(d) A new job.

2. What did Kelly do in an attempt to help her young daughters deal with her illness?
(a) She read them a book about how mommies still love their children even if they don't feel good.
(b) She had a friend shave her head so the girls could watch.
(c) She took the girls to the park to let them play.
(d) The rented a movie about children with sick mommies.

3. Who was Kelly's husband?
(a) George.
(b) Edward.
(c) Philip.
(d) Charles.

4. What did Edward say to Kelly about her bald head?
(a) He told her to buy as many wigs as she wanted.
(b) He told her she was beautiful.
(c) He told her that it was good that her hair grows fast.
(d) He told her to wear a scarf.

5. George and Edward both agreed that ___________________________.
(a) Edward should continue his business trips.
(b) Everyone had to be positive for Kelly.
(c) The little girls should stay with their grandmother.
(d) Kelly should make out her will.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which teammate of Kelly's began to surpass her which made Kelly work all the harder?

2. What insult did the girl in #42 give to Kelly?

3. Why had Kelly's parents not told her about her father's illness?

4. Why did George come to Oakland to spend time with Kelly?

5. From what disease did Kelly's father's father die?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the saga of Kelly and her desire for Guess jeans when she was in high school.

2. What did Kelly do in an attempt to help her children understand the baldness brought on by chemotherapy treatments?

3. Why had Kelly's parents not told her about her father's prostate cancer?

4. How did Kelly's parents differ in their parenting styles when Kelly was a teenager?

5. How did Kelly respond to the comments made by a neighbor boy about her bald head?

6. What were the four truths of Buddhism that Kelly learned from a German woman in Nepal?

7. What kind of support did Kelly receive after her breast cancer diagnosis and what was her attitude in communicating with people?

8. What important occasion did Kelly forget while taking all her medications?

9. What was Kelly Corrigan doing when she discovered a lump in her breast?

10. Why was Kelly unable to devote much time to her children lately and why was she afraid of catching infectious diseases?

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