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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Chapter 6 refers to the fatal process of blood loss, to a degree sufficient to cause death?
(a) Exsanguination.
(b) Metastasis.
(c) Asphyxia.
(d) Dementia.

2. Who is the protagonist of The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby?
(a) Rob.
(b) Mark.
(c) Tom.
(d) Jack.

3. What is the title of Chapter 5?
(a) "The Malevolence of Cancer."
(b) “A Valentine—and How it Fails.”
(c) "Accidents, Suicide, and Euthanasia."
(d) “Alzheimer’s Disease.”

4. How tall was Robert DeMatteis?
(a) 6'3".
(b) 6'1".
(c) 5’8”.
(d) 5’4”.

5. What refers to any one of a number of viruses that infect bacteria?
(a) Endorphins.
(b) Ventricles.
(c) Lymphocyte.
(d) Bacteriophage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 10?

2. What refers to the process by which the ability to grow new cells or perform exchanges in muscle, cells, or molecules becomes impossible?

3. How did Katie Mason die, according to the author in Chapter 6?

4. What was the name of Dr. Nuland’s brother?

5. What refers to an often serious and body-altering physical injury, such as the removal of a limb?

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