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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 band was Kerry Gifford running the sound for when he died?

2. Where does Mia say she has been hanging out in an empty hospital room to be away from her family at 7:13 p.m.?

3. What song by her father's band does Mia describe having listened to over and over again until she memorized the lyrics?

4. What color does Mia describe Brooke Vega's hair as being?

5. How does Mia compare her music to her dad's music?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Mia describe Kerry Gifford's character?

3. Why does Brooke Vega come to the hospital?

4. How does Mia respond to Gran's visit in the ICU after her second surgical procedure?

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

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

7. Where does Mia go to search for Teddy at 10:40 p.m.? Why?

8. How would you compare Mia with her mother?

9. How is Adam's plot involving costumes from the supply closet met by Kim and by Mia?

10. Who is Mr. Dunlap and what is his role in the novel?

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

Analyze the character of Mia Hall as the protagonist of If I Stay. How old is Mia? Based on Mia's observations and her actions, how would you define her character? What are Mia's strongest traits? What are her weakest?

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