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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old was Paul's first patient who died in Part 1, Section 3?
(a) 67.
(b) 82.
(c) 74.
(d) 53.

3. What poet did Paul study for his thesis at Stanford?
(a) Stephen Vincent Benet.
(b) George Abbe.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) Willa Cather.

4. Where did Paul live in Part 1, Section 1, when he finished high school?
(a) Texas.
(b) Colorado.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) Arizona.

5. When did Abraham Verghese get to know Paul?
(a) When he was in high school.
(b) After his death.
(c) When he was a resident in medical school.
(d) After he married and had a child.

6. During Paul's first time working with a cadaver, how many hours a week did he spend "carving up a corpse"?
(a) Seven.
(b) Six.
(c) Four.
(d) Eight.

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

8. In Part 1, Section 3, how many hours were residents working a week?
(a) 88.
(b) 60.
(c) 45.
(d) 100.

9. How many months after being introduced to his cadaver, did Paul say he was bisecting the cadaver's head?
(a) Four months.
(b) Five months.
(c) Three months.
(d) Two months.

10. At the beginning of Part 1, Section 1, what did Paul believe his career would be?
(a) Literature professor.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Writer.

11. 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?
(a) Not quite 24 hours.
(b) 16 hours.
(c) About 18 hours.
(d) 25 hours.

12. Who lectured at Yale School of Medicine when Paul and Lucy attended there?
(a) Peter H. Addy.
(b) Seth R. Axelrod.
(c) Shep Nuland.
(d) James J Abrahams.

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

14. Near what mountains did Paul live when he was a teenager?
(a) Dragoon Mountains.
(b) Aguila Mountains.
(c) Cerbat Mountains.
(d) Black Mountains.

15. When did Paul meet, Lucy, the woman who would become his wife?
(a) First year of medical school.
(b) Second year of medical school.
(c) Last year of undergraduate studies.
(d) When he studied at Cambridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 1, Section 3, why was a child shot in the head that Paul treated?

2. When did Verghese meet Paul?

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

4. How many years of training did Paul have before him when he began his residency in Part 1, Section 3?

5. How long did the med school application cycle take according to Paul in Part 1, Section 2?

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