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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What months did Quintana spend at the Rusk Institute?
(a) August and September.
(b) July and August.
(c) June, July, August.
(d) May, June, July.

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

3. On what peninsula was John and Joan's first house of their married life?
(a) Palos Verdes.
(b) Point Reyes.
(c) Balboa.
(d) Tiburon.

4. What year did John graduate from college?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1953.

5. Who was John's editor at "The New Yorker"?
(a) Rebecca Delinsky.
(b) Andrea Framingham.
(c) Sharon DeLano.
(d) Martha Wyatt.

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

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

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

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

10. By what plant in the box garden did John or Joan place Quintana in her bassinet when they first brought her home?
(a) Spirea.
(b) Lilacs.
(c) Roses.
(d) Wisteria.

11. In another dream, what airport did Joan dream about?
(a) Monterey Airport.
(b) Santa Monica Airport.
(c) Los Angeles Airport.
(d) Long Beach Airport.

12. What time did the Emergency Medical Services receive the call to come to John's and Joan's apartment?
(a) 8:50 p.m.
(b) 9:15 p.m.
(c) 10:05 p.m.
(d) 9:30 p.m.

13. What was the name of John's brother Nick's wife?
(a) Mary.
(b) Micah.
(c) Susan.
(d) Lenny.

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) 1989.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1970.

15. When was Quintana allowed to fly back to New York?
(a) May.
(b) March.
(c) April.
(d) June.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of fish were in the pond at Rusk Institute?

2. Who asked Joan if she wanted to cover the Democratic and Republic summer conventions?

3. What time was John pronounced dead?

4. What would John and Joan pass as they drove and began to argue when they lived at Portuguese Bend?

5. After John died, where did Joan eat dinner?

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