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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 and 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What months did Quintana spend at the Rusk Institute?
(a) July and August.
(b) August and September.
(c) May, June, July.
(d) June, July, August.

2. Quintana was a patient at Beth Israel Medical Center's Singer Division, when did that hospital close?
(a) July 2005.
(b) May 2005.
(c) August 2004.
(d) September 2004.

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

4. After John's death, which of John's novels did Joan realize was about grief?
(a) Playland.
(b) Nothing Lost.
(c) Dutch Shea, Jr.
(d) The Studio.

5. What word did Joan consider adding in the phrase, "Life changes in the instant"?
(a) Extraordinary.
(b) Ordinary.
(c) Common.
(d) Everyday.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did John die?

2. What illness sent Quintana to the emergency room in December 2003?

3. Where did Quintana get the Canyon Ranch T-shirt that John usually wore when he went walking?

4. When did Joan interview Teresa Heinz Kerry?

5. When Joan woke up at 3:30 one morning, what channel was the television set to?

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