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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 long after Julie's surgery in Chapter 34 did she restart treament?

2. In Chapter 28, when did Julie receive some bad scan results?

3. In Chapter 32, how much growth was seen in some of Julie's tumors?

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

5. In Chapter 25, how much had Julie worked since she was diagnosed with cancer?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 35, how did Julie want to be remembered?

2. What did Julie think about people with cancer who sought alternative treatments?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. In Chapter 31, when did Lyna, Julie's sister go to America?

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

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

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 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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