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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much snow fell on Joan's birthday in 2003?
(a) 9 inches.
(b) 7 inches.
(c) 2 inches.
(d) 5 inches.

2. What landslide seemed to bury the house that Joan and Joan lived when they first married?
(a) Blucher Valley landslide.
(b) Las Lomas landslide.
(c) Portuguese Bend landslide.
(d) San Leandra landslide.

3. When Joan awakened at 3:30 one morning, who was being interviewed on TV?
(a) The Spanish Prime Minister.
(b) Passengers from Northwest Flight 327.
(c) AIDS orphans.
(d) Afghanistani refugees.

4. What percent was the stenosis of John's left main and left anterior descending arteries?
(a) 85 percent.
(b) 95 percent.
(c) 45 percent.
(d) 75 percent.

5. What type of fish were in the pond at Rusk Institute?
(a) Mosquito fish.
(b) Koi.
(c) Flagfish.
(d) Goldfish.

6. What did Joan watch from the windows at UCLA?
(a) A construction site.
(b) A picnic area.
(c) A playground.
(d) A swimming pool.

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

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

9. What was the date of Joan's birthday?
(a) December 1.
(b) December 14.
(c) December 5.
(d) December 21.

10. When Joan wrote her first piece after John died, when was the last time that he didn't read one of her drafts?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1984.

11. Who asked Joan if she wanted to cover the Democratic and Republic summer conventions?
(a) Louis Griffin.
(b) Bryant Davidson.
(c) David Brown.
(d) Robert Silvers.

12. What anticoagulant was John taking?
(a) Batroxobin.
(b) Heparin.
(c) Argatroban.
(d) Coumadin.

13. What time did Quintana have therapy at Rusk Institute?
(a) 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
(b) 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
(c) 8 a.m. to noon.
(d) 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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

15. Where did John and Joan meet Joe and Gertrude Black?
(a) In Indonesia.
(b) In France.
(c) In Russia.
(d) In the Netherlands.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what street was the Rusk Institute located?

2. Where was the 2004 Democratic convention held?

3. Who wrote, "Time is the school in which we learn"?

4. What year was it when John and Joan were at a red light and saw the driver suddenly slump over his steering wheel?

5. When did a study done by University of Californ San Diego and Tufts show that there was a 4.65 percent increase in cardiac death?

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