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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 - Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many brothers did Paul have?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

2. After his sophomore year in college, where did Paul get a job?
(a) A restaurant back home.
(b) Sierra Camp.
(c) Stanford biology lab.
(d) Yerkes Primate Research Center.

3. How old was the guide who led Paul and other students from a neuroscience class through a facility for people who had suffered severe brain injuries in Part 1, Section 1
(a) 25.
(b) 31.
(c) 30 something.
(d) 40 something.

4. What was Paul's wife's, Lucy, profession?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Radiologist.
(c) Internist.
(d) Professor.

5. At the time Paul was suffering from weight loss and back pain, how long had he been training to be a neurosurgeon?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Five years.
(c) 12 years.
(d) Eight years.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Abraham Verghese get to know Paul?

2. What was Paul's father's occupation?

3. Who wrote the poem at the beginning of the Prologue?

4. When Paul first moved to the desert with his family, what did he find when he lifted an irrigation grate?

5. Where did Paul live in Part 1, Section 1, when he finished high school?

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