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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Will You Turn Me out If I Can't Get Better?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One patient commented that she was tired of the ________________.
(a) Rude oncologist.
(b) Smiling oncologist.
(c) Dumb oncologist.
(d) Happy oncologist.

2. The use of MOPP continued to be used in the treatment of what?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Sarcoma.
(c) Heart disease.
(d) Breast cancer.

3. Hyperplasia was what?
(a) Decay by virtue of cells decreasing in number.
(b) Growth by virtue of cells increasing in number.
(c) Decay by virtue of cells increasing in number.
(d) Growth by virtue of cells decreasing in number.

4. _________________ began to resurrect the concept of counting.
(a) Harvard John Cairns.
(b) Columbia Jerome Cairney.
(c) Brown Jerry Calloway.
(d) Yale James Call.

5. The author, Siddhartha Mukherjee, learned about Carla after she had checked into Massachusetts ______________ Hospital.
(a) General.
(b) Local.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Community.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mukherjee updates Carla Reed's condition. What had happened so far?

2. What was the most common practice regarding the development of therapies?

3. Farber became fascinated with the links between bone marrow, vitamins and normal blood. Farber decided to use _____________ to treat children with leukemia.

4. The parcel Farber was expecting contained aminopterin, a __________ crystalline chemical that Farber hoped could be used in deterring the growth of childhood leukemia.

5. Farber celebrated the successes as well as the ________ anniversary of the Jimmy Fund.

(see the answer key)

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