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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. When did Saigon fall?
2. Who ordered that Julie be taken to die?
3. When did Julie spend five weeks studying Spanish in Seville?
4. In Chapter 13, where did Julie go with her cousins before her chemotherapy appointment?
5. How old was Julie when Josh was born?
Short Essay Questions
1. In the Prologue, how did Julie describe her life?
2. In Chapter 3, why did Julie end up in the ER instead of at a family wedding?
3. How did Julie feel in Chapter 4 after being diagnosed with cancer?
4. In Chapter 19, what did Julie say about information that Grandfather Spirit gave them in Vietnam?
5. Why did Julie give up cooking in Chapter 15?
6. What surgery did Julie have in Chapter 18?
7. How were the circumstances of Josh and Julie's births very different?
8. What did Julie's grandmother order her parents to do when she was two months old?
9. What bad news did Julie receive in Chapter 22?
10. What advice did Julie give her daughters in Chapter 2?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Julie believed that grief was a gift. Why did Julie believe that grief was a gift? How did she believe that grief would help her family?
Essay Topic 2
Julie wanted her daughters to learn certain lessons from her. What lesson did Julie want to teach her daughters? How did she try to impart the information she wanted the girls to know and remember?
Essay Topic 3
Julie felt as though cancer was a fight. Why did Julie believe that cancer was a battle? In what way was cancer a journey and a war for Julie?
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