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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. In Chapter 22, where did Julie want to take Josh and the girls?

2. By what age had Julie visited each of the seven continents in the world?

3. How long had the herbal pharmacy that Dr. G.W. used been in business?

4. In Chapter 9, what did an herbalist sometimes use for infected eyes?

5. In Chapter 13, when was Julie's last day of chemo?

Short Essay Questions

1. In October of 2014, what options did Julie's doctor give her after a clean MRI scan?

2. What surgery did Julie have in Chapter 18?

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

4. How did Julie feel in Chapter 4 after being diagnosed with cancer?

5. What was the closest that Julie came to organized religion growing up?

6. Why would Julie have not gone to Garfield Medical Center ER when she got sick in Los Angeles in Chapter 16?

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

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

9. Where did Julie go to college and why?

10. Where and when was Julie born?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Julie learned that her grandmother and parents had tried to kill her when she was a baby. How did Julie feel when she learned that her grandmother and parents had tried to kill her when she was a baby? What feelings of guilt did Julie’s mother have because of the incident? Why was Julie not able to give her mother absolution?

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

Genre is a means of classifying literature. What is the genre of the novel? Why is it not biography?

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