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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 21, when did Julie have her first clean MRI scan?

2. In Chapter 16, when was the one-year anniversary of Julie's cancer diagnosis?

3. In Chapter 7, what time did Julie have an MRI?

4. In Chapter 11, how much did Julie pay for a 16-day supply of a tea at an herbal pharmacy in Chinatown?

5. How old was Karen, one of Julie's nurses, in Chapter 18 when Karen's mother died of colon cancer?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where did Julie go to college and why?

3. In Chapter 5, what were the treatment plans for Julie?

4. How were the circumstances of Josh and Julie's births very different?

5. What advice did Julie give her daughters in Chapter 2?

6. What bad news did Julie receive in Chapter 22?

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

8. In Chapter 17, how did Julie get transferred to another hospital?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

The title of the book and Chapter 44 is The Unwinding of the Miracle. What did Julie say was the miracle of life? How was death the unwinding of that miracle?

Essay Topic 3

Julie believed that grief was a gift. Why did Julie believe that grief was a gift? How did she believe that grief would help her family?

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