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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. What did Doctor K diagnose Jaouad with?

2. What did Jaouad and other patients do on the Fourth of July in the hospital?

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

4. What was the cause of Jaouad's high fever in Chapter 10 that nearly killed her?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did some of Jaouad's friends let her down when she first told them about her cancer diagnosis?

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

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

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

5. How did things go when Will's parents met Jaouad's parents for the first time?

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

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

8. What happened when Jaouad met up with an old friend to go to the mall and a movie in Part II?

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

10. How did Jaouad feel during her earliest days in the oncology ward?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Jaouad's cancer diagnosis and prognosis change her relatively new relationship with Will? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Jaouad's cancer diagnosis change her relationship dynamic with each of her parents? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Jaouad learn that her cancer treatment will affect her fertility, and how does this knowledge affect her impressions and relationships with her medical team? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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