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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children did Joe and Gertrude Black have?
(a) 5 children.
(b) 4 children.
(c) 2 children.
(d) 3 children.

2. Who spoke at the senior banquet when John graduated from college?
(a) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(b) William Holden.
(c) Adlai Stevenson.
(d) Winston Churchill.

3. Which Protestant denomination did Joan say used these words in a litany, "as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end"?
(a) Methodist.
(b) Lutheran.
(c) Episcopal.
(d) Presbyterian.

4. How much money did John and Joan put down as a deposit on the house in Brentwood Park?
(a) $10,000.
(b) $25,000.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $50,000.

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

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

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

8. What type of flowers did Joan pin in her hair while trying for a "bride" effect?
(a) Daisies.
(b) Lilies.
(c) Peonies.
(d) Roses.

9. After John died, where did Joan eat dinner?
(a) On a tray in her bedroom.
(b) On the balcony.
(c) In the living room.
(d) In the kitchen.

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

11. What book did John place at the top of the pile of books near his reading chair?
(a) Five Days in London: May 1940.
(b) Best Little Stories of Winston Churchill.
(c) Churchill, Hitler, and the Unnecessary War.
(d) Troublesome Young Men.

12. How old was Joan when Quintana was three years old?
(a) 32 years old.
(b) 34 years old.
(c) 29 years old.
(d) 31 years old.

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

14. What year was it when John and Joan were at a red light and saw the driver suddenly slump over his steering wheel?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1970.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote a book about her husband's death that Joan despised?

2. What landslide seemed to bury the house that Joan and Joan lived when they first married?

3. Who won the last basketball game that Joan attended with John and friends in November 2003?

4. Who was John's editor at "The New Yorker"?

5. When was Quintana allowed to fly back to New York?

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