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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tried to be first in the chow line at the VA hospital?
(a) Phil Dickinson.
(b) Dave Wyatt.
(c) Bill Browning.
(d) Bill Mulrooney.

2. Who discovered digitalis?
(a) Sir Wyatt Martinson.
(b) Sir David Bryant.
(c) Sir Alexander Wadsworth.
(d) Sir William Withering.

3. After Will Johnson's heart surgery, what did his wife and daughter read to him?
(a) "The Divine Hours: Prayers for Autumn and Winter".
(b) "Diary of Private Prayer".
(c) "Psalms: Prayer Book of the Bible".
(d) "Valley of Vision".

4. When was a placebo-controlled trial of AZT stopped prematurely?
(a) February 1985.
(b) August 1988.
(c) March 1987.
(d) September 1986.

5. How long would it take the Johnson's to drive to Johnson City?
(a) 1 hour and 40 minutes.
(b) 3 hours and 10 minutes.
(c) 2 hours and 20 minutes.
(d) 4 hours and 5 minutes.

6. In Chapter 26, when does Abraham realize that he had seen Luther Hines before?
(a) A year ago.
(b) 2 years ago.
(c) 4 years ago.
(d) 3 years ago.

7. Which of Abraham's patients liked to use the phrase "accentuate the positive"?
(a) Ethan Nidiffer.
(b) Petie Granger.
(c) Raleigh.
(d) Bobby Keller.

8. Where did Will and Bess Johnson have a summer house?
(a) Corpus Christi, Texas.
(b) Phoenix, Arizona.
(c) Fort Myers, Florida.
(d) Albuquerque, New Mexico.

9. What was Fred giving Otis around the clock when Otis was dying?
(a) Morphine.
(b) Meprozine.
(c) Meperidine.
(d) Oxycodone.

10. What was the basis for Bess Johnson's masters thesis?
(a) Wordsworth's "The Thorn".
(b) Coleridge's "What is Life?"
(c) Blake's "Songs of Experience".
(d) Tennyson's "Crossing the Bar".

11. Where did Sue McCoy train?
(a) Camden, New Jersey.
(b) Boston, Massachusetts.
(c) Madison, Wisconsin.
(d) Iowa City, Iowa.

12. How far did Petie Granger and his mother have to come to see Abraham at the clinic?
(a) 95 miles.
(b) 120 miles.
(c) 75 miles.
(d) 80 miles.

13. How tall was Hobart Carter?
(a) 6'2".
(b) 5'11".
(c) 6'5".
(d) 5'9".

14. How long after Will's heart surgery did he experience fever, sore throat, and lymph node enlargement?
(a) 6 weeks.
(b) 4 weeks.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 5 weeks.

15. Where did Will Johnson go to recover after his heart attack?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Arizona.
(d) Virginia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Vickie buy with Clyde's insurance money?

2. Who gave a eulogy at Otis's funeral?

3. How many surgical groups practiced at the Miracle Center?

4. At the Mountain Home cemetery, which veterans have their gravestones in a circle known as the "silent circle"?

5. What was Cameron's white blood cell count after twenty-four hours on antibiotics?

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