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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Joan wear to her wedding?
(a) A short white silk dress.
(b) A cream colored dress.
(c) A long white dress.
(d) A white suit.

4. What type of clothing did Joan buy to wear in Los Angeles?
(a) Blue scrubs.
(b) Sleeveless dresses.
(c) Short sleeve blouses.
(d) Shorts and capris.

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

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

7. Who cleaned the blood on the living room floor after John died?
(a) Felipe.
(b) Manuel.
(c) Jose.
(d) Roberto.

8. Who did Joan work for when she was in her twenties?
(a) Good Housekeeping.
(b) Harper's Bazaar.
(c) Vogue.
(d) Ladies Home Journal.

9. 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) Europe's Last Summer: Who Started the Great War of 1914?
(c) The Pity of War Explaining World War I.
(d) The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War.

10. What time did the paramedics arrive at Joan's apartment building?
(a) 10:05 p.m.
(b) 8:45 p.m.
(c) 9:20 p.m.
(d) 10:35 p.m.

11. 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) 5 days.
(c) 2-3 days.
(d) 7 days.

12. How much did the drug cost that Quintana was given to treat her sepsis?
(a) $5,600.
(b) $7,500.
(c) $20,000.
(d) $17,000.

13. What day of the week did John die?
(a) Monday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Wednesday.

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

15. What was Joan watching when she first noticed the vortex effect?
(a) Ice floes.
(b) Snow.
(c) Rain.
(d) Icicles dripping.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the date of John and Joan's wedding?

2. Where was Quintana born?

3. When did an author write "Mourning and Melancholia"?

4. What was the date on the computer file that contained the first few lines that Joan wrote after her husband's death?

5. What color were John's eyes?

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