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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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) Episcopal.
(b) Presbyterian.
(c) Methodist.
(d) Lutheran.

5. 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.

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

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

8. 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) 1984.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1963.

9. 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.

10. According to Quintana, what sandwich did she and Joan share when the plane that was transporting them to New York stopped to refuel?
(a) A Fish Filet.
(b) A Big Mac.
(c) A Quarter Pounder.
(d) A McChicken.

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

12. How old was Joan when the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima?
(a) 7 years old.
(b) 10 years old.
(c) 8 years old.
(d) 9 years old.

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

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

15. What would John and Joan pass as they drove and began to argue when they lived at Portuguese Bend?
(a) The refineries.
(b) A car dealer.
(c) The library.
(d) A large mansion.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Nick's daughter Dominique die?

3. When was the last time that John saved a computer file "AAA Random Thoughts"?

4. By what plant in the box garden did John or Joan place Quintana in her bassinet when they first brought her home?

5. What was the risk of heart attack in patients who quit taking statins?

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