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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. Who wrote, "Time is the school in which we learn"?

2. What church was across the street from Joan's and John's apartment?

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

4. How much money did John and Joan put down as a deposit on the house in Brentwood Park?

5. What medication was given to John at the apartment three times while paramedics worked on him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Joan resist the tracheostomy so fiercely?

2. What thoughts were running through Joan's mind as she flew from Logan airport to LaGuardia after leaving the Democratic convention?

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

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. Why did Joan find herself in tears when she was walking to the opening of the Democratic convention?

6. What did it mean that post-mortem lividity was present in John's body?

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

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

9. What comments about their wedding day did Joan find that John had written in 1990?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Quintana was in the ICU at UCLA, Joan whispered a promise to her, the same promise Joan had been making since Quintana was a child. Discuss the promise that Joan always made to Quintana. Why it was a promise that she could not keep?

Essay Topic 2

When Quintana was transferred to the Rusk Institute, Joan said that she was able to mourn and not merely grieve. Compare grief and mourning, using examples from the book to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 3

Compare how death was regarded before and after the 1930's with when Joan was growing up.

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