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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. How old was Joan's mother when she was near death?
(a) 90 years old.
(b) 78 years old.
(c) 84 years old.
(d) 96 years old.

2. When Quintana was in the ICU at UCLA, what program did Joan listen to on the radio?
(a) Morning Becomes Eclectic.
(b) From the Top.
(c) All Things Considered.
(d) All Songs Considered.

3. Who was the elevator man who amused himself with John in the elevator with a small verbal game?
(a) Manuel Lopez.
(b) Michael Flynn.
(c) Albert Mueller.
(d) Vasile Ionescu.

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

5. When did Joan begin writing the book, "The Year of Magical Thinking"?
(a) December 30, 2004.
(b) October 4, 2004.
(c) November 14, 2004.
(d) August 18, 2004.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Matthew Arnold poem did Joan mention reading in Chapter 4?

2. When was "Mourning and Its Relation to Manic-Depressive States" written?

3. What was Joan's occupation?

4. How often did Joan and John walk?

5. What time did the paramedics arrive at Joan's apartment building?

Short Essay Questions

1. What advice about attending funerals did Joan read that was written by Emily Post in her 1922 book of etiquette?

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

3. Why was John depressed in 2003?

4. In Chapter 4, what does Joan say about where and when she and John were married?

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

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

7. Why did a woman that Joan worked with at "Vogue" have an abortion that was paid for by the attorney general's office?

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. What promise did Joan make to Quintana that she realized that she would not be able to keep and why?

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