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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For glioblastoma, what percent of patients were alive two years after surgery?
(a) One.
(b) 20.
(c) Five.
(d) 11.

2. What were the names of Paul's dogs when he was a teenager?
(a) Max and Nip.
(b) Kade and Sadie.
(c) Snowy and Brownie.
(d) Hunter and Sparky.

3. What did Paul study as an undergraduate student?
(a) English and biology.
(b) History and biology.
(c) Biology and philosophy.
(d) Biology and botany.

4. Who was Paul's co-resident when he began his residency in Part 1, Section 3?
(a) Joann.
(b) Victoria.
(c) Heather.
(d) Megan.

5. 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.

6. What was the gestational age of the twins that died during Paul's assignment in the ob-gyn section of the hospital?
(a) 22 weeks old.
(b) 23 1/2 weeks old.
(c) 24 weeks old.
(d) 25 1/2 weeks old.

7. In Part 1, Section 3, what was the name of the mother whose child had a large brain tumor?
(a) Rebecca.
(b) Angela.
(c) Gina.
(d) Claire.

8. When working on his first cadaver, what did Paul find undigested in the stomach?
(a) Hamburger.
(b) Aspirin.
(c) Morphine pills.
(d) Broccoli.

9. Where were the exchange students from that Paul convinced there were coyotes that lived inside cacti?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Paris.

10. How old was Paul in the Prologue?
(a) 36.
(b) 33.
(c) 29.
(d) 32.

11. In Part 1, Section 3, why was a child shot in the head that Paul treated?
(a) For wearing the wrong color shoes.
(b) For wearing the wrong type of jacket.
(c) A fight on the basketball court.
(d) A fight after school.

12. Where did Lucy begin her residency in Part 1, Section 3?
(a) Yale.
(b) Harvard.
(c) UCSF.
(d) UCLA.

13. What was Paul's middle name?
(a) Sudhir.
(b) Darshana.
(c) Bharat.
(d) Kajal.

14. Where did Paul's mother drive to have her children take their PSATs, SATs, and ACTs?
(a) Dallas.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Las Vegas.
(d) Phoenix.

15. How many years of training did Paul have before him when he began his residency in Part 1, Section 3?
(a) Seven.
(b) Five.
(c) Eight.
(d) Six.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Paul a camp counselor 15 years prior to the time described in the Prologue?

2. At the beginning of Part 1, Section 1, what did Paul believe his career would be?

3. How many times did Verghese meet with Paul?

4. When did William Osler die, who Verghese said was the father of modern medicine?

5. Where did Paul stay when he was taking pre-med courses?

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