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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 30, what day of the week did Bella say that she ate pizza?

2. In Chapter 34 when Julie had her laparoscopic oophorectomy, what time did she get home after the procedure?

3. In Chapter 28, how many mets did Julie have in each of her lungs?

4. How old was Julie in Chapter 32?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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