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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. How much did Julie pay to see the famed integrative doctor Raymond Chang?

2. In Chapter 36, who did Julie see being privileged to taking a family member to violin lessons?

3. In Chapter 23, where was a laser procedure performed to deal with lung mets?

4. In Chapter 32, how many weeks had it been since Julie had her PET scan?

5. In Chapter 23, who wrote "no man is an island" that gave Julie comfort?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Julie say about the dog the family got in Chapter 34?

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

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

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

7. What did Julie remember in Chapter 31 happened when she was hungry and was on the boat from Vietnam to Hong Kong?

8. Why did Julie tell Mia the story about how hard she had worked to overcome her visual handicap?

9. Why did Bangladesh have a significance to Julie?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tone conveys an author’s attitude toward a topic. What are some techniques an author uses to convey tone? How might tone influence the reader and the reader’s attitude toward a subject? What is the overall tone of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Julie had questions about what it meant to be courageous. What questions did Julie have regarding what it meant to be courageous? Why did she have trouble deciding the best way to be a person of courage?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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