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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Jaouad discover about her own driving when she went on her road trip?
(a) People liked to give her things like free gas and food.
(b) It seemed to take her longer than the GPS estimated to get everywhere.
(c) She was drawn to the coastline.
(d) She got flat tires often.

2. Which writer did Jaouad quote early in Chapter 25?
(a) Susan Sontag.
(b) Zadie Smith.
(c) Annie Liebovitz.
(d) Annie Dillard.

3. In Chapter 27, what revelation helped Jaouad deal with her transition into post-cancer life?
(a) The fact that she had some vision problems.
(b) The fact that she had lost some hearing.
(c) The fact that she had post-traumatic stress from her illness and treatment.
(d) The fact that she was afraid to work again.

4. Where did Howard tell Jaouad his wife grew up?
(a) Spain.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Russia.
(d) England.

5. What did Jaouad's new friend in Chapter 19 do for a living?
(a) Nurse.
(b) Artist.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Lawyer.

6. Where did Johnny, Melissa and Jaouad go together in Chapter 20?
(a) India.
(b) A Broadway musical.
(c) An amusement park.
(d) San Francisco.

7. In Chapter 18, what life-changing event did Jaouad undertake?
(a) She got a dog for the first time.
(b) She got her driver's license.
(c) She went to Europe for the first time.
(d) She got married.

8. What did the person in Jaouad's neighborhood say to her that woke her up out of a stupor?
(a) He told her she looked like someone no one loved.
(b) He told her she looked sick.
(c) He told her to wake up and that death was the last resort.
(d) He told her she looked like a mean person.

9. Why did Jaouad especially want to learn how to drive?
(a) She wanted to take a big road trip soon.
(b) She wanted to be able to give other people rides to their treatments.
(c) She wanted to drive herself to her treatments.
(d) She wanted to buy her first car.

10. What had Jaouad been hoping to come out of her meeting with Will in Chapter 25?
(a) That they would get back together.
(b) That they would agree to sell their house together.
(c) That they would agree to get a new dog.
(d) That they could stay friends.

11. Where was Jaouad's new friend born in Chapter 19?
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) Tunisia.
(d) Ireland.

12. What did Howard and Jaouad have in common?
(a) They grew up in the same place.
(b) A love of bagels.
(c) They both liked the same music.
(d) Chronic illness.

13. What kind of health problem was Jaouad hospitalized four times for in Chapter 24?
(a) A broken leg.
(b) Flu.
(c) C. diff, an intestinal infection.
(d) Migraines.

14. Who taught Jaouad how to drive in Chapter 26?
(a) Will.
(b) Jon.
(c) Brian.
(d) Her mother.

15. What did the psychic tell Jaouad that she was amazed at?
(a) He knew she was on a road trip.
(b) He knew she was sick.
(c) He knew she was having doubts about her own writing.
(d) He seemed to know she had an aunt who died young.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened between Will and Jaouad in Chapter 21?

2. Where did Jaouad go for her chemo in Chapter 17?

3. What did Jaouad often do when she felt she and Will were on the verge of a big fight?

4. What honor did Jaouad win in Chapter 21?

5. Who had a crush on Melissa in Chapter 20?

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