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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before Quintana became ill, where had she and her husband planned to spend Christmas night and a few days?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) Vermont.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Maine.

2. What Matthew Arnold poem did Joan mention reading in Chapter 4?
(a) The Buried Life.
(b) A Dream.
(c) The Forsaken Merman.
(d) Dover Beach.

3. How often did Joan and John walk?
(a) Every afternoon.
(b) Three or four times a week.
(c) Every morning.
(d) A couple times a week.

4. After Teresa Heinz Kerry's first husband died, where did she feel a need to go?
(a) Boston.
(b) Trenton.
(c) Pittsburgh.
(d) Washington.

5. How many nights had Quintana spent in the hospital between December 2003 and January 2004?
(a) 18 nights.
(b) 24 nights.
(c) 21 nights.
(d) 15 nights.

6. When did Joan first notice what she called the "vortex" effect?
(a) February.
(b) March
(c) December.
(d) January.

7. What color sorbet and napkins did Quintana have at her wedding?
(a) Lavender.
(b) Peach.
(c) Blue.
(d) Pink.

8. How old was Joan's mother when she was near death?
(a) 90 years old.
(b) 84 years old.
(c) 96 years old.
(d) 78 years old.

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

10. Who was Quintana's best friend from California?
(a) Susan.
(b) Andrea.
(c) Betsy.
(d) Marlene.

11. Who said that the act of grieving "Involves grave departures from the normal attitude to life"?
(a) Foucault.
(b) Freud.
(c) Shorter.
(d) Goldstein.

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

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

14. What day was Quintana taken to the hospital emergency room toward the end of 2003?
(a) December 25.
(b) November 30.
(c) November 15.
(d) December 18.

15. When did John die?
(a) November 15, 2003.
(b) December 30, 2003.
(c) September 19, 2003.
(d) October 27, 2003.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of drink did Joan get John when they came from visiting Quintana?

2. How many widowers were studied in the United Kingdom, according to a report in "The Lancet"?

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

4. When Quintana was in the ICU at UCLA, what program did Joan listen to on the radio?

5. When were the 2004 Academy Awards held?

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