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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In a dream, what did Joan dream that she was hanging in a closet?
(a) Ties.
(b) A dress.
(c) Braided belt.
(d) A suit coat.

2. When did Quintana get a tracheotomy at UCLA?
(a) April 12.
(b) March 27.
(c) April 1.
(d) March 31.

3. How old was Joan when she despised the book "Leftover Life to Kill"?
(a) 29 years old.
(b) 35 years old.
(c) 31 years old.
(d) 22 years old.

4. On what street was the Rusk Institute located?
(a) 34th St.
(b) 64th St.
(c) 41st. St.
(d) 52nd St.

5. How many cases of sudden death from cardiac arrest typically occurred at home?
(a) 50 percent.
(b) 80 percent.
(c) 90 percent.
(d) 60 percent

6. What church was across the street from Joan's and John's apartment?
(a) St. James Church.
(b) St. Thomas Church.
(c) St. Andrew's Church.
(d) St. Peter's Church.

7. Where did Joan find meaning in life?
(a) Religion.
(b) Geology.
(c) Reading.
(d) Nature.

8. When was the last time that John saved a computer file "AAA Random Thoughts"?
(a) 8 p.m. December 29, 2003.
(b) 3:03 p.m. December 30, 2003.
(c) 1:08 p.m. December 30, 2003.
(d) 10:03 a.m. December 29, 2003.

9. Who said that self-pity is "our worst enemy"?
(a) Philippe Aries.
(b) D. H. Lawrence.
(c) Helen Keller.
(d) C. S. Lewis.

10. How many letters did Joan have from John?
(a) Hundreds of letters.
(b) 30 to 40 letters.
(c) No letters.
(d) A dozen letters.

11. When was the last time that Joan covered a convention at Madison Square Garden?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1988.

12. What restaurant would John and Joan go to for breakfast after a dentist appointment?
(a) Defonte's.
(b) 3 Guys.
(c) The Bagel Hole.
(d) Greenhouse 36.

13. When the air ambulance that was to transport Quintana had mechanical difficulties, where did it land?
(a) Colorado Springs.
(b) Denver.
(c) Tucson.
(d) Phoenix.

14. Where did John graduate from college?
(a) Yale.
(b) Brown.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Princeton.

15. Prior to working at "The New Yorker," where did John's editor work?
(a) Harcourt, Brace & Co.
(b) Oxford University Press.
(c) Random House.
(d) University of Chicago Press.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, what was the name of the character in the excerpt Joan quoted from a novel she wrote in the mid-1990's?

2. When did Nick's daughter Dominique die?

3. When did the Democratic convention begin?

4. When Joan awakened at 3:30 one morning, who was being interviewed on TV?

5. What anticoagulant was John taking?

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