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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What poet did John's brother Nick read at the funeral?
(a) Lucan.
(b) Ennius.
(c) Catullus.
(d) Horace.

3. On what floor of the hospital was the ICU located where Quintana was a patient when John died?
(a) 3rd floor.
(b) 4th floor.
(c) 8th floor.
(d) 6th floor.

4. What was the press rate for a lanai suite at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel when Joan began working for "Life"?
(a) $52.
(b) $38.
(c) $45.
(d) $27.

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

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

7. Why was Quintana admitted to Milstein Hospital shortly after her release from Beth Israel?
(a) Recurrence of pneumonia.
(b) Recurrence of sepsis.
(c) Blood clots.
(d) A secondary infection.

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

9. When did Joan interview people in Honolulu about December 7, 1941?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1993.

10. How long were the paramedics in Joan's apartment?
(a) 50 minutes.
(b) 70 minutes.
(c) 65 minutes.
(d) 45 minutes.

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

12. How did John's father die?
(a) A car accident.
(b) A construction accident.
(c) A stroke.
(d) Cardiac arrest.

13. How much did it cost Joan and John to rent a house on Franklin Avenue in Hollywood many years ago?
(a) $375.
(b) $450.
(c) $550.
(d) $575.

14. 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) Salvador.
(c) Slouching Towards Bethlehem.
(d) Play It As It Lays.

15. What type of drink did Joan get John when they came from visiting Quintana?
(a) Martini.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Scotch.
(d) Rum.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did John die?

3. When was Quintana discharged from Beth Israel?

4. What day of the week did John die?

5. 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?

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