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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 Dr. Holland tell Jaouad she would eventually need?

2. Where did Jaouad move in Chapter 16 for some months to recuperate after her transplant?

3. What did Jaouad see on her father's face when he picked her up from the airport?

4. What was one theory about the reason behind Jaouad's itching in Part I?

5. What did Doctor K diagnose Jaouad with?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why did Jaouad's doctors suggest her enrollment in a clinical trial?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who are some of the first other young cancer patients Jaouad begins befriending, and what does she learn from them? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Jaouad describe the long process she went through of symptoms, exhaustion, confusion, and doctor's visits that eventually led to her cancer diagnosis? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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