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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. What creatures were in stories Belle told in Chapter 30?

2. How old was Julie in Chapter 32?

3. How much fluid was found inside Julie when she had her laparoscopic oophorectomy in Chapter 34?

4. What type of cancer did Julie's grandmother die of?

5. When Julie went back to her parents' house in Monterey Park in Chapter 33, how long had it been since she was there last?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 33, what did Julie write about sharing the ugly part of her journey?

2. In Chapter 34, how were Julie's ovaries removed?

3. Why did Bangladesh have a significance to Julie?

4. In Chapter 23, why did Julie fight cancer?

5. How did Julie feel when her grandmother died of colon cancer?

6. What did Julie vow when she started writing about her journey with cancer?

7. Why did Julie and her family begin attending church?

8. Why did Julie realize that she was lucky at the end of Chapter 33?

9. What did Julie hope that music would do for Mia?

10. What did Julie tell her doctor about treatment options she would and would not consider?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Julie wanted her daughters to learn certain lessons from her. What lesson did Julie want to teach her daughters? How did she try to impart the information she wanted the girls to know and remember?

Essay Topic 2

Julie experienced unfairness in her life. What unfairness did Julie experience in her life? How did that unfairness shape who she was and how she approached life?

Essay Topic 3

Julie and her family got a Bichon Frise puppy. Why did the family get a puppy? What did the puppy represent for Julie?

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