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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. In Chapter 23, what emotion did Julie feel after Christmas Day?

2. How old was Mia when she started asking to go to church?

3. In Chapter 23, where was a laser procedure performed to deal with lung mets?

4. Who wrote "in the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer" (175)?

5. In Chapter 32, when did Julie have a chest CT scan?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 36, who did Julie hate the most?

2. What did Julie say about working at Cleary Gottlieb?

3. What did Julie vow when she started writing about her journey with cancer?

4. Why did Julie and Josh want to buy an apartment next door when it came available?

5. In Chapter 35, how did Julie want to be remembered?

6. What did Julie tell her doctor about treatment options she would and would not consider?

7. How did Julie feel when her grandmother died of colon cancer?

8. In Chapter 23, why did Julie fight cancer?

9. In Chapter 33, what did Julie write about sharing the ugly part of her journey?

10. Why did Bangladesh have a significance to Julie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Julie had questions about what it meant to be courageous. What questions did Julie have regarding what it meant to be courageous? Why did she have trouble deciding the best way to be a person of courage?

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 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?

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