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

2. Who wrote "Mourning and Its Relation to Manic-Depressive States"?
(a) Martin Andrews.
(b) Peter Phillips.
(c) Bridget Davidson.
(d) Melanie Klein.

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

4. What word did Joan consider adding in the phrase, "Life changes in the instant"?
(a) Common.
(b) Ordinary.
(c) Everyday.
(d) Extraordinary.

5. 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 digital editing system.
(c) A digital camera.
(d) A tape recorder.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old were Joan and her brother when her mother was dying?

2. What poet did John's brother Nick read at the funeral?

3. Who was Quintana's best friend from California?

4. How much did the drug cost that Quintana was given to treat her sepsis?

5. What type of ATM card did John have in his pocket when he died?

Short Essay Questions

1. During her reading, what did Joan learn were some means that were used to test a patient's memory and comprehension?

2. How did Joan describe people who recently lost someone?

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

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

5. What was Joan's first column like that she wrote for "Life"?

6. How did John, Joan, Gerry and Quintana spend Thanksgiving 2003?

7. What happened when Gerry and Quintana arrived in California?

8. What incidents indicated that Joan was not thinking clearly?

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

10. Describe John's funeral.

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