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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 color were the curtains that separated the patient's beds at UCLA?
(a) Green.
(b) Yellow.
(c) White.
(d) Blue.

2. 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) 1963.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1971.

3. When did Quintana get a tracheotomy at UCLA?
(a) April 12.
(b) March 27.
(c) March 31.
(d) April 1.

4. What medication was given to John at the apartment three times while paramedics worked on him?
(a) Epinephrine.
(b) Vasopressin.
(c) Atropine.
(d) Amiodarone.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Joan when she despised the book "Leftover Life to Kill"?

2. How was the man to the right of Quintana's bed at UCLA injured?

3. Which of Euripedes' plays did Joan feel that she must reread?

4. How many beds were in the acute rehab unit at UCLA Neuropsychiatric?

5. From where did Joan order her ham for the holidays in 2004?

Short Essay Questions

1. What arrangements were made to transfer Quintana from UCLA to New York University Hospital in New York?

2. Did Joan believe that wild things feel loss?

3. Why wouldn't the funeral be the worst thing that a grieving person had to experience?

4. What was John's last birthday present to Joan?

5. Some people think that their deceased loved one can be seen or heard. Did Joan believe that she could see or hear John?

6. Why did Quintana refer to her memory as "mudgy"?

7. Why did Joan resist the tracheostomy so fiercely?

8. Why did it take so long for Joan to receive a copy of John's autopsy?

9. Why did John and Joan have trouble selling their house in Malibu?

10. Over the years, what would Dominique do with Quintana?

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