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

2. How long after Julie's surgery in Chapter 34 did she restart treament?

3. In Chapter 34, how many days after Julie got Chipper did it take him to sttop crying during the night?

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

5. How old was Julie's grandmother when she died of cancer?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 34, how were Julie's ovaries removed?

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

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

4. In Chapter 31, when did Lyna, Julie's sister go to America?

5. What did Julie think about people with cancer who sought alternative treatments?

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

7. Why did Julie at first resist transferring her care to Memorial Sloan Kettering, and then she changed her mind?

8. At the beginning of Chapter 32, when did Julie have scans, and what were the results?

9. Why did Bangladesh have a significance to Julie?

10. Why did Julie tell Mia the story about how hard she had worked to overcome her visual handicap?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 36, Julie went through a very dark time in her life. What emotions were particularly strong for Julie? Why did Julie go through a very dark time? Why was she honest with readers about her feelings and actions?

Essay Topic 2

Idioms are figurative language. Why is it sometimes difficult to understand idioms and what they mean? In what way are idioms contemporary language? How does the author use idioms in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Julie had many options for dealing with cancer. What options did she have for treating her cancer? How were the treatment decisions she made crossroads in her life?

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