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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did John have his last cardioversion?
(a) January 2003.
(b) July 2003.
(c) March 2003.
(d) April 2003.

2. How many days after her husband's death did Joan write a few lines about the way life changes in an instant?
(a) 6-8 days.
(b) 2-3 days.
(c) 7 days.
(d) 5 days.

3. What book did Joan buy, but have difficult deciphering the language?
(a) Neuroanatomy Through Clinical Cases.
(b) The Clinical Practice of Neurological and Neurosurgical Nursing.
(c) High-Yield Neuroanatomy.
(d) Clinical Neuroanatomy.

4. What type of ATM card did John have in his pocket when he died?
(a) Capital One.
(b) Bank of America.
(c) Wells Fargo.
(d) Chase.

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

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

7. Who was the elevator man who amused himself with John in the elevator with a small verbal game?
(a) Albert Mueller.
(b) Michael Flynn.
(c) Vasile Ionescu.
(d) Manuel Lopez.

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

9. What flowers were on a wallpaper border in a room at Beth Israel North?
(a) Roses.
(b) Forget Me Nots.
(c) Daisies.
(d) Lilies.

10. Which of Joan's novels used an incident about a woman whose abortion was paid for by the district attorney's office?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Play It As It Lays.
(c) Slouching Towards Bethlehem.
(d) Salvador.

11. Who wrote "A Grief Observed"?
(a) Martha Whitmore.
(b) Elisabeth Kubler-Ross.
(c) C.S. Lewis.
(d) H. Norman Wright.

12. 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 camera.
(b) A digital editing system.
(c) A digital scrapbook.
(d) A tape recorder.

13. 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?
(a) $99.
(b) $58.
(c) $26.
(d) $149.

14. When did Quintana and Gerry fly to California?
(a) March 25, 2004.
(b) January 30, 2004.
(c) February 4, 2004.
(d) April 6, 2004.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did John die?

2. When did John and Joan visit the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner's office?

3. How old was Quintana when Joan wrote a book that told about a woman whose abortion was paid for by the district attorney's office?

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

5. How much did it cost Joan and John to rent a house on Franklin Avenue in Hollywood many years ago?

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