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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Paul and his friends raided the school cafeteria in Part 1, Section 1, what did they dress as?
(a) Roman soldiers.
(b) Clowns.
(c) Mongols.
(d) Motorcycle riders.

2. Where did Paul's parents meet and fall in love?
(a) Southern India.
(b) Pakistan.
(c) Germany.
(d) France.

3. In Part 1, Section 3, how many patients were on a list the outgoing intern gave Paul?
(a) 43.
(b) 29.
(c) 38.
(d) 61.

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

5. What philosopher did Paul study with at Stanford?
(a) Richard Rorty.
(b) R. Lanier Anderson.
(c) Christopher Bobonich.
(d) Alan D. Code.

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

7. In Part 1, Section 3, what was the name of Paul's friend from medical school who was hit by a car and died after surgery?
(a) Cathy.
(b) Andrea.
(c) Laurie.
(d) Annie.

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

9. In Part 1, Section 3, what type of cancer did Paul's colleague V have?
(a) Brain.
(b) Kidney.
(c) Lung.
(d) Pancreatic.

10. 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.

11. When Paul first moved to the desert with his family, what did he find when he lifted an irrigation grate?
(a) Black widow spider.
(b) Wolf Spider.
(c) Whip Scorpion.
(d) Tarantula.

12. How large was the town where Paul went to high school?
(a) 18,000.
(b) 25,000.
(c) 15,000.
(d) 31,000.

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

14. What color were the rocks in the desert near where Paul lived when he was a teenager?
(a) Rusty.
(b) Beige.
(c) Dusty.
(d) Red.

15. Where did Paul begin his residency in Part 1, Section 3?
(a) Yale.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Boston U.
(d) Stanford.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Verghese's specialize in as a physician?

2. When did Verghese receive a copy of Paul's book?

3. What did Paul study as an undergraduate student?

4. What was the name of Paul's girlfriend when he lived in Kingman?

5. How far was the house in Cold Spring from Manhattan where Paul visited friends in the Prologue?

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