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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Between Christmas and New Year's.
(b) After the death of a family member.
(c) Around birthdays.
(d) During anniversaries.

2. What might Quintana and Gerry do during the weekend while Quintana was at Rusk?
(a) Walk around the hospital.
(b) Go to lunch and a movie.
(c) Play card games in her room.
(d) Go for a walk in a nearby park.

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

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

5. How many beds were in the acute rehab unit at UCLA Neuropsychiatric?
(a) 18 beds.
(b) 24 beds.
(c) 11 beds.
(d) 15 beds.

6. 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) 1971.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1984.

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

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

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

10. 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.

11. Where was the 2004 Democratic convention held?
(a) Phoenix.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Boston.
(d) Los Angeles.

12. What type of a tree did Joan drape colored Christmas lights on in Chapter 20?
(a) Dracena.
(b) Citrus.
(c) Quince.
(d) Ficus.

13. How long did it take the ambulance to get to John's and Joan's apartment after the emergency call was received?
(a) 10 minutes.
(b) 11 minutes.
(c) 8 mintues.
(d) 5 minutes.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long after Quintana was discharged from the Rusk Institute did Joan go to the Democratic convention?

2. Where did John and Joan meet Joe and Gertrude Black?

3. How much snow fell on Joan's birthday in 2003?

4. What color were the curtains that separated the patient's beds at UCLA?

5. What percent was the stenosis of John's left main and left anterior descending arteries?

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