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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The real Jimmy is alive and well, living in __________ with three children.
(a) Maryland.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Maine.
(d) Montana.

2. Doctors began to associate _______________________ with various forms of cancer.
(a) Dirty jobs.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Tobacco and cigarettes.
(d) Soot.

3. When was this cancer discovered?
(a) In the 1930s.
(b) In the 1980s.
(c) In the 1950s.
(d) In the 1850s.

4. After the introduction of the Pap smear came the clinical trials for what?
(a) Eye exams.
(b) HIV tests.
(c) Mammograms.
(d) Testicular exams.

5. How was this letter first seen?
(a) As a hoax.
(b) As a wonderful find.
(c) As a surprise.
(d) As a nuisance.

6. Geneticists needed to learn what?
(a) To "hunt" the virus' gene.
(b) To "track" the gene in a new way.
(c) To "see" the gene in a new way.
(d) To "find" the gene.

7. Phyllis Clauson writes to the Jimmy Fund about her brother, ____________, the real "Jimmy."
(a) Einar Gustafson.
(b) Jimmy John.
(c) Jimmy Gustafson.
(d) James Gustafson.

8. Have much Mukherjee's inclinations changed much since the first day of his internship?
(a) Very little.
(b) A great deal.
(c) Not at all.
(d) Completely.

9. Einar produced the __________ uniform he had been given and had worn to every treatment.
(a) Braves.
(b) Mets.
(c) Pacers.
(d) Knicks.

10. Some scientists began to wonder what about cancer?
(a) If it was hereditary.
(b) If it was communicable.
(c) If only certain types of people could get it.
(d) If there was a carrier.

11. Pott believed that because ________________, that it could be prevented.
(a) The condition was on the scrotum.
(b) The condition was small and localized.
(c) The condition was found in young men.
(d) The condition was external in nature.

12. Secretly, Mukherjee believed that the book would end with Carla's death. Was he right?
(a) Somewhat, because she was on life support.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) Almost.

13. The theory showed how soot, radiation, cigarette smoke and other outside insults could cause cancer by doing what?
(a) Mutating carcinogenes within the cell.
(b) Mutating cancergenes within the cell.
(c) Mutating oncogenes within the cell.
(d) Mutating sarcogenes within the cell.

14. A "Risky prediction" is a term coined by who?
(a) Siddhartha Mukherjee.
(b) Karl Popper.
(c) Percival Pott.
(d) Sidney Farber.

15. At the clinic they would run clinical trials and focus on what?
(a) Getting clear test results.
(b) The rate of survival from cancer.
(c) Laboratory experiments.
(d) The day to day care of patients.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Cummings decided to meet with Gustafson?

2. Mukherjee discusses how cell division is central to what?

3. The remaining people did what?

4. Mukherjee discusses a new drug for the treatment of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML). _________________ seemed to be the right drug to conquer CML.

5. In Spring 2005, Mukherjee had to make a decision. What was this decision?

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