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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did a social worker advise Jaouad and Will not to get married?
(a) It would push the start of her treatments back even further.
(b) It might affect Jaouad's chances of getting a job.
(c) It would mean Jaouad's health insurance would be in jeopardy.
(d) It might affect Jaouad's chances of having her fertility treatments work.

2. What radio show did Jaouad appear on just after moving into her temporary accommodation following her transplant?
(a) Livewire.
(b) Talk of the Nation.
(c) Morning Edition.
(d) Weekend Edition Saturday.

3. What other patient did Jaouad sometimes text in her own unit following her transplant?
(a) Johnny.
(b) Molly.
(c) Henry.
(d) Alice.

4. Who helped connect Jaouad with an editor, initially, to help her get her column published?
(a) An old friend from high school.
(b) A former professor of hers.
(c) Will.
(d) Her father.

5. What did Jaouad's father do for his Hundred-Day Project?
(a) Wrote down 101 childhood memories of his for Jaouad.
(b) Painted.
(c) Knitted.
(d) Baked.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Jaouad initially go for her cancer treatment?

2. Which nurse told Jaouad about Yehya's death?

3. What term did Jaouad use to think of her time in isolation in Chapter 10?

4. What test did Jaouad take in Chapter 11?

5. What did Will do when he found out Jaouad had cancer?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Jaouad have to stay in isolation during much of her chemotherapy?

2. What did Jaouad tell Will he should do in order to give himself a break from caregiving?

3. What was one consequence of Jaouad's New York Times column?

4. How did Jaouad's parents react when she arrived back from Paris looking so ill?

5. What did Jaouad do for her Hundred-Day Project?

6. How did Jaouad's medical team react to her news about her plans for getting married to Will?

7. Why does Dr. Holland tell Jaouad's mother to call her father and tell him to come to the hospital in Part II?

8. What did Jaouad do when she moved to New York City right after college graduation?

9. What was Jaouad's experiences with the so-called Cancer Guru?

10. How did Jaouad feel during her first months in Paris?

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