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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. Where did Jaouad's mother take her for alternative approaches to the diagnosis?
2. In Chapter 4, what symptom was getting so bad Jaouad could not ignore it any longer?
3. What procedure finally resulted in the diagnosis that Jaouad and her family all dreaded?
4. Which romantic partner did Jaouad meet just before moving abroad?
5. What did Doctor K diagnose Jaouad with?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Jaouad have to stay in isolation during much of her chemotherapy?
2. How did Jouad feel about Will moving to Paris with her?
3. How did Jaouad's medical team react to her news about her plans for getting married to Will?
4. How did Jaouad feel during her first months in Paris?
5. How did Jaouad come to write a column for The New York Times about her experiences as a cancer patient?
6. What did Will tell Jaouad just before she began her treatment regimen for cancer in Part I?
7. How did things go when Will's parents met Jaouad's parents for the first time?
8. How did Jaouad feel during her earliest days in the oncology ward?
9. What happened when Jaouad met up with an old friend to go to the mall and a movie in Part II?
10. What were some reasons Jaouad moved to Paris soon after college graduation?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Jaouad explain her eventual breakup with Will to herself and to the reader? How does Jaouad's perspective on the breakup and the reasons behind it change over the course of the book? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
What meaning and place in Jaouad's life does music, and playing music, have? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
Essay Topic 3
How does Jaouad handle her time periods in what she calls "the Bubble," during which she is quite isolated and often lonely, during her treatments? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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