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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2- Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percent of people choose their jobs based upon pay, work environment, and hours?
(a) 6%.
(b) 99%.
(c) 85%.
(d) 76%.

2. While Emma was gone and Paul was in the ICU in Part 2, Section 3, how did she keep in touch with his doctors?
(a) Phone.
(b) Fax.
(c) Text.
(d) Email.

3. In the Prologue, what did Paul's weight drop to when he began having chest pain?
(a) 135 pounds.
(b) 150 pounds.
(c) 145 pounds.
(d) 175 pounds.

4. Before the cancer, how many years had Paul thought he would be a surgeon-scientist?
(a) 20.
(b) 30.
(c) 40.
(d) 15.

5. Where was Verghese when he "met" Paul?
(a) Brown.
(b) Stanford.
(c) MIT.
(d) Boston.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who drove Paul to his first follow-up appointment with Emma after his discharge from the hospital in Part 2, Section 4?

2. In Part 1, Section 3, what was the mother's occupation whose child had a large brain tumor?

3. Of the twins that Paul watched being born by C-section toward the end of Part 1, Section 2, how long did Baby B live?

4. How did Paul feel when he saw a large tumor on his scan in Part 2, Section 3?

5. How long before Paul's cancer diagnosis had he been in the hospital with appendicitis?

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