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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What illness sent Quintana to the emergency room in December 2003?
(a) Flu.
(b) Bronchitis.
(c) Strep throat.
(d) Pneumonia.

2. What poet did John's brother Nick read at the funeral?
(a) Lucan.
(b) Horace.
(c) Catullus.
(d) Ennius.

3. Where was John's cardiologist when John died?
(a) Nantucket.
(b) Boston.
(c) Martha's Vineyard.
(d) Cape Cod.

4. When did Joan interview people in Honolulu about December 7, 1941?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1972.

5. When did Joan begin writing the book, "The Year of Magical Thinking"?
(a) August 18, 2004.
(b) November 14, 2004.
(c) October 4, 2004.
(d) December 30, 2004.

Short Answer Questions

1. Quintana was a patient at Beth Israel Medical Center's Singer Division, when did that hospital close?

2. When were the 2004 Academy Awards held?

3. What Matthew Arnold poem did Joan mention reading in Chapter 4?

4. When did Joan interview Teresa Heinz Kerry?

5. When John's funeral took place, how many months had it been since Quintana's wedding?

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