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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7, 8 and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Joan's occupation?
(a) Writer.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Professor.
(d) Lawyer.

2. What was the name of the book John was reading the night he died?
(a) The Pity of War Explaining World War I.
(b) The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War.
(c) The Long Fuse: An Interpretation of the Origins of World War I.
(d) Europe's Last Summer: Who Started the Great War of 1914?

3. Why was Quintana admitted to Milstein Hospital shortly after her release from Beth Israel?
(a) Recurrence of sepsis.
(b) Blood clots.
(c) Recurrence of pneumonia.
(d) A secondary infection.

4. What did Joan wish she could use to record the memories that she included in the book rather than writing about them?
(a) A digital scrapbook.
(b) A digital editing system.
(c) A tape recorder.
(d) A digital camera.

5. What was the date on the computer file that contained the first few lines that Joan wrote after her husband's death?
(a) April 12, 2004.
(b) January 4, 2004.
(c) March 13, 2004.
(d) May 20, 2004.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did it cost in the late 1960's to fly from Los Angeles to San Francisco or Sacramento or San Jose for a round trip flight?

2. When were the 2004 Academy Awards held?

3. What color sorbet and napkins did Quintana have at her wedding?

4. What day was Quintana taken to the hospital emergency room toward the end of 2003?

5. How many nights had Quintana spent in the hospital between December 2003 and January 2004?

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