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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 type of fish were in the pond at Rusk Institute?
(a) Koi.
(b) Mosquito fish.
(c) Flagfish.
(d) Goldfish.

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

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

4. When was "Mourning and Its Relation to Manic-Depressive States" written?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1939.

5. How many times did Joan have to repeat the story of how John died to Quintana?
(a) 3 times.
(b) 2 times.
(c) 4 times.
(d) 1 time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year did John graduate from college?

2. In Chapter 13, what was the name of the character in the excerpt Joan quoted from a novel she wrote in the mid-1990's?

3. Which of Joan's novels used an incident about a woman whose abortion was paid for by the district attorney's office?

4. How many beds were in the acute rehab unit at UCLA Neuropsychiatric?

5. How old was Nick's daughter, Dominique, when she was in John and Joan's wedding?

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