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

2. In Chapter 36, who did Julie hate?

3. In Chapter 34, where were the mice moved to that were used to do research on Julie's cancer cells?

4. What church did Julie and her family being attending in Chapter 29?

5. How long after Julie's first Erbitux infusion in Chapter 29 did she get a floater in her left eye?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 32, when did Julie have scans, and what were the results?

2. What conversation did Julie have with Belle in Chapter 32?

3. What did Julie say about working at Cleary Gottlieb?

4. What side effects did Julie have from taking Erbitux?

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

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

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

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

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

10. In Chapter 36, who did Julie hate the most?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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 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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