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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16: Little Beth.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say he liked to do with his father's hands?
(a) Draw pictures on them.
(b) Play with the veins.
(c) Read his palm.
(d) Smack them.

2. The author says he was hooked the first few times he looked down upon what?
(a) Operating theater.
(b) A human brain.
(c) A beating heart.
(d) A needy child.

3. During what years was the author a resident at Johns Hopkins?
(a) 1985-1999.
(b) 1983-1988.
(c) 1978-1982.
(d) 1974-1977.

4. What does the author believe, even after losing Jennifer, about his relationship to patients?
(a) He believes he will cry whenever he loses a patient.
(b) He feels he is a father figure to his patients.
(c) He believes nurses should break bad news to parents for him.
(d) He thinks it is fine to be emotionally attached.

5. What did the author decide to do when he realized he could not control his temper?
(a) Get counseling.
(b) Pray.
(c) Talk to his mother.
(d) Pretend nothing happened.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the author nearly kill his friend, Bob, with a knife?

2. Who was Alma Whittley?

3. Where did the author's family move, after his mother decided to rent their house?

4. What did the author, in "College Choices," score on his final chemistry exam?

5. How long did Maranda's hemispherectomy take in "Heartbreak"?

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