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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was the author when his mother died of cancer?
(a) 19.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 11.

2. By what name does the author refer to his grandmother?
(a) “Granny.”
(b) “Bubbeh.”
(c) “Nana.”
(d) “Mamaw.”

3. Irv Lipsiner is described as an athlete and what in Chapter 1?
(a) Salesman.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Stockbroker.
(d) Fireman.

4. James McCarty was admitted to the university hospital where Dr. Nuland worked after experiencing what?
(a) Loss of vision.
(b) Pressure in his chest and left side.
(c) A pain in his right knee.
(d) Loss of hearing.

5. How old was the woman that the author described having operated on for early-stage breast cancer in the Introduction?
(a) 43.
(b) 56.
(c) 29.
(d) 35.

Short Answer Questions

1. Horace Giddens is a character in a play written by whom?

2. According to the Introduction author Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D. is the literary editor of what periodical?

3. The electric energy that stimulates the heart occurs where?

4. The upper chambers of the human heart are referred to by what name?

5. Horace Giddens is described by Dr. Nuland as what in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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