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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Quintana put up her nose twice in two days when she was little?
(a) Seed pod.
(b) Button.
(c) Penny.
(d) Lego.

2. When did an author write "Mourning and Melancholia"?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1903.

3. How old were Joan and her brother when her mother was dying?
(a) In their 50's.
(b) In their 60's.
(c) In their70's.
(d) In their 40's.

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

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

6. What was Quintana's temperature the first time she went to the emergency room?
(a) 102.
(b) 104.
(c) 105.
(d) 103.

7. 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) $149.
(b) $26.
(c) $99.
(d) $58.

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

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

10. 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?
(a) 5 years old.
(b) 4 years old.
(c) 2 years old.
(d) 3 years old

11. What illness sent Quintana to the emergency room in December 2003?
(a) Flu.
(b) Bronchitis.
(c) Strep throat.
(d) Pneumonia.

12. 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.

13. What sea creatures did studies show refused to eat after a mate died?
(a) Seals.
(b) Whales.
(c) Sharks.
(d) Dolphins.

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

15. Where did Quintana get the Canyon Ranch T-shirt that John usually wore when he went walking?
(a) California.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) Texas.
(d) Arizona.

Short Answer Questions

1. In her reading, what did Joan learn was the mortality rate for those who had fixed and dilated pupils?

2. When John's funeral took place, how many months had it been since Quintana's wedding?

3. When did Joan interview Teresa Heinz Kerry?

4. What instrument was played at John's funeral?

5. When did John have a pacemaker implanted?

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