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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What time was John pronounced dead?

3. What type of a dog did Joan and John have in 1987?

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

5. What color were the curtains that separated the patient's beds at UCLA?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Joan wear rings and why?

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

3. What book did Joan receive from Princeton late in the summer?

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

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

6. What did Joan argue about with a doctor after Quintana had been intubated for almost a week?

7. Where did John and Joan meet the Blacks?

8. What little things could Joan do for Quintana when she was at Rusk Institute?

9. What were some things that John said that Joan should or should not do if something happened to him?

10. Why did Joan resist the tracheostomy so fiercely?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At one point, Joan compared the way she interacted with the doctors and hospital staff to the way a sheep dog herds sheep. Discuss why Joan's relationship with Quintana's doctors and hospital staff was similar to the way that a dog herds sheep and how that affected her relationship with the doctors and hospital staff.

Essay Topic 2

When Joan went to UCLA to be with Quintana, she expected that Los Angeles would be the place most likely to trigger the vortex effect. Discuss why Los Angeles was the place most likely to trigger the vortex effect and how Joan avoided triggering this effect.

Essay Topic 3

After Quintana's release from the hospital and when she flew to California, Joan believed that she might be beginning a new season of life. Discuss why Joan believed she was entering a new season of life and why that season was short-lived. Support your statements with quotes from the book.

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