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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 32, how much growth was seen in some of Julie's tumors?

2. What were Julie's CEA results at the beginning of Chapter 28?

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

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

5. In Chapter 30, what day of the week did Bella say that she ate pizza?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Julie and Josh want to buy an apartment next door when it came available?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Julie felt as though cancer was a fight. Why did Julie believe that cancer was a battle? In what way was cancer a journey and a war for Julie?

Essay Topic 2

Julie was born blind. Why did Julie feel defective as a person? How did feeling defective affect her sense of self-worth?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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