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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. Who wrote the poem Julie quoted at the end of Chapter 4?

2. How long after Julie's encounter with a palm reader in Chapter 19 did she learn how her grandmother wanted her to die?

3. In Chapter 5, how often would Julie go in for Oxaliplatin?

4. What health issue did Julie have during her pregnancies?

5. What did Julie want to make like the one she and Josh ate in Paris?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Julie meet Dr. G.W. and why?

2. Where did Julie go to college and why?

3. What metaphor did Julie say that those who faced cancer used in Chapter 12?

4. How did Julie describe her MRI in Chapter 8?

5. How did Julie and her family get from Vietnam to Hong Kong?

6. What did Julie's family and friends do for her in Chapter 13?

7. What did Julie's grandmother order her parents to do when she was two months old?

8. Why did Julie give up cooking in Chapter 15?

9. In Chapter 12, what was Four Corners and what was its purpose?

10. In Chapter 3, why did Julie end up in the ER instead of at a family wedding?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Julie felt as though cancer was a fight. Why did Julie believe that cancer was a battle? In what way was cancer a journey and a war for Julie?

Essay Topic 2

Idioms are figurative language. Why is it sometimes difficult to understand idioms and what they mean? In what way are idioms contemporary language? How does the author use idioms in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Julie had many options for dealing with cancer. What options did she have for treating her cancer? How were the treatment decisions she made crossroads in her life?

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