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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. When did Julie spend five weeks studying Spanish in Seville?

2. How long did Julie try to perform her prayer rituals regularly at college?

3. Who helped Julie find a surgeon in Los Angeles in Chapter 17?

4. Where did Julie and Josh go for their honeymoon?

5. In Chapter 12, how old was a woman known as Gloria when she was diagnosed with colon cancer?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. In the Prologue, how did Julie describe her life?

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

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

10. What surgery did Julie have in Chapter 18?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Julie referred to William Wordsworth’s poem Ode on Intimations of Immortality in Chapter 4. What did the poem mean to her and represent to her?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapters 23-30, Julie decided to keep fighting for life. Why did Julie decide to keep fighting for life? What was revealed about the sacrifices of motherhood through her decision?

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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