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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. Who wrote to Jaouad from death row after her column began appearing?
(a) Allen Janger.
(b) Lil' HQ.
(c) Marshall Minnow.
(d) Henry Reese.

2. Where did Jaouad move in Chapter 2?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Barcelona.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

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

4. What was Jaouad's diagnosis in Chapter 6?
(a) Acute myeloid leukemia.
(b) Huntington's Disease.
(c) HIV.
(d) Multiple sclerosis.

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. What radio show did Jaouad appear on just after moving into her temporary accommodation following her transplant?

2. In Chapter 11, what activity did Jaouad turn to to try to make sense of what was happening to her?

3. Who was Jaouad's first oncologist?

4. Where did Jaouad's mother take her for alternative approaches to the diagnosis?

5. What job did Jaouad take abroad in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Jaouad's doctor in Paris strongly suggest she should go back to New York for awhile?

3. What was one of Jaouad's first symptoms, in hindsight, of her cancer?

4. What did Will tell Jaouad just before she began her treatment regimen for cancer in Part I?

5. What burden did Jaouad think her brother Adam bore as her bone marrow donor?

6. How did Jaouad feel after hearing about her leukemia diagnosis for the first time?

7. What were some reasons Jaouad moved to Paris soon after college graduation?

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

9. Who did Jaouad meet right before moving to Paris and how did she feel about this person?

10. How did Jaouad come to write a column for The New York Times about her experiences as a cancer patient?

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