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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 Mia and Adam encounter in Seattle at the train station that made him cry?

2. In what hospital ward is Mia's body at 2:48 a.m.?

3. What novel did Gramps say students would be lucky to read with his son?

4. When did Mia's father start playing drums?

5. What was Gramps doing when Mia asked him whether he liked her dad's new clothes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Brooke Vega come to the hospital?

2. Why did Mia once have an emotional fight with Adam about Kim?

3. Why was Mia's mother upset about Kerry Gifford's funeral?

4. What is the significance of "Waiting for Vengeance"?

5. Why is Adam prevented from seeing Mia when he arrives at the hospital? How does he respond?

6. How is the setting of Franklin Valley Conservatory described?

7. Who convinced Mia to not give up playing cello? How?

8. What is the main emotion that Mia describes expressing after her discovery of Teddy's death?

9. How would you compare Mia with her mother?

10. How old was Mia when she decided to quit playing cello? Why did she decide to quit?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Mia's experience on Halloween in her junior year of high school. What did Mia dress as? What did Adam dress as? How are their costumes symbolic? What was monumental for Mia about this occasion?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the character of Adam Wilde in If I Stay. How old is Adam? How did Adam meet Mia? How would you describe their relationship? What is revealed of Adam's character through his actions in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the character of Kim in the novel. For how long have Kim and Mia known one another? How are they alike? How are they different?

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