The Year of Magical Thinking Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 127 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Year of Magical Thinking Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 127 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was John's cardiologist when John died?
(a) Martha's Vineyard.
(b) Nantucket.
(c) Cape Cod.
(d) Boston.

2. Where did Quintana get the Canyon Ranch T-shirt that John usually wore when he went walking?
(a) Texas.
(b) California.
(c) Arizona.
(d) New Mexico.

3. When did Quintana and Gerry fly to California?
(a) January 30, 2004.
(b) February 4, 2004.
(c) April 6, 2004.
(d) March 25, 2004.

4. What did Joan wish she could use to record the memories that she included in the book rather than writing about them?
(a) A digital scrapbook.
(b) A tape recorder.
(c) A digital camera.
(d) A digital editing system.

5. What flowers were on a wallpaper border in a room at Beth Israel North?
(a) Daisies.
(b) Lilies.
(c) Roses.
(d) Forget Me Nots.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Joan wear to her wedding?

2. On what floor of the hospital was the ICU located where Quintana was a patient when John died?

3. What was Quintana's temperature the first time she went to the emergency room?

4. When did John die?

5. What was the date of John and Joan's wedding?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Quintanna, Joan's and John's daughter in the hospital, when her father died?

2. What expensive drug was Quintana given when she developed sepsis?

3. What did John look like when Joan saw him in the emergency room?

4. What did Joan first think when she looked up and saw John slumped over, motionless at dinner?

5. Describe John's funeral.

6. Why did Joan write "The Year of Magical Thinking"?

7. How did friends and relatives help Joan in the first three weeks after John died?

8. Why on most surface levels did Joan seem rational?

9. What were the first words that Joan wrote after her husband's death?

10. Who came to stay with Joan in the weeks that followed John's death?

(see the answer keys)

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