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If I Stay Questions and Answers
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Mia finds her grandparents because she hears them "chattering". Grandpa is peeling the top off of his styrofoam coffee cup, and Gran simply chatters away like she is speaking to the air.
The setting is a family home in a town in Oregon just outside Portland. Less than an inch of snow covers the ground and school has been cancelled for the day.
If I Stay study guide contains a biography of Gayle Forman, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.
