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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. When Paul considered medical school in Part 1, Section 2, how much study time would it take him to get ready for medical school?
(a) Two years, six months.
(b) One year.
(c) 36 months.
(d) 18 months.

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

6. How long did the med school application cycle take according to Paul in Part 1, Section 2?
(a) One year.
(b) 6 months.
(c) Two years.
(d) 18 months.

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. When did Thomas Browne write "Religio Medici"?
(a) 1841.
(b) 1711.
(c) 1594.
(d) 1642.

14. What was Paul's father's occupation?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Cardiologist.
(c) Engineer.
(d) Internist.

15. In Part 1, Section 3, how old was the boy named Matthew who had a tumor abutting his hypothalamus?
(a) Seven.
(b) Eight.
(c) Ten.
(d) Nine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Paul's mother drive to have her children take their PSATs, SATs, and ACTs?

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

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. In Part 1, Section 2, how long did Paul study at Cambridge?

5. Where were the exchange students from that Paul convinced there were coyotes that lived inside cacti?

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