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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. When Joan wrote her first piece after John died, when was the last time that he didn't read one of her drafts?

2. When was the last time that Joan covered a convention at Madison Square Garden?

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

4. Where was the 2004 Democratic convention held?

5. What year did John graduate from college?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Joan resist the tracheostomy so fiercely?

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

3. What would John and Joan do after the 1992 Democratic convention?

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

5. Why did Joan use to tell John her dreams.

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

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

8. How did Joan wear rings and why?

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

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 Joan flew to Los Angeles to be with Quintana, she knew that Los Angeles had the potential for triggering the vortex effect. Discuss why Los Angeles was the most likely place to trigger the vortex effect and how Joan avoided triggering this effect when in the city. Define the vortext effect and use s

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast why some people have difficulty authorizing autopsies and why Joan did not struggle with approving an autopsy. Give examples of Joan's experience from the book.

Essay Topic 3

John insisted on a trip to Paris in November because he believed if he didn't go then, he would never see Paris before he died. Discuss why John believed that he was dying.

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