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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. in Part 1, Section 3, what was Paul's typical lunch?
(a) Peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
(b) Egg salad sandwich.
(c) Ham sandwich and Sprite.
(d) Diet Coke and an ice cream sandwich.

2. Where did Paul study history and philosophy while he waited for his med school application to be accepted?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Stanford.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Cambridge.

3. 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) One year.
(b) 18 months.
(c) 36 months.
(d) Two years, six months.

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

5. In Part 1, Section 2, where were some of Paul's college friends headed to pursue a life in the arts?
(a) New York City.
(b) Stratford-on-Avon.
(c) Hollywood.
(d) Los Angeles.

6. When did William Osler die, who Verghese said was the father of modern medicine?
(a) 1880.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1894.
(d) 1919.

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

8. 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) 40 something.
(b) 30 something.
(c) 31.
(d) 25.

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

10. Who wrote the poem at the beginning of the Prologue?
(a) Paul Laurence Dunbar.
(b) Terrance Hayes.
(c) T. S. Eliot.
(d) George Abbe.

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

12. At the beginning of Part 1, Section 2, what master's program did Paul apply for?
(a) English literature.
(b) History.
(c) Neurology.
(d) Biology.

13. What was the name of Paul's girlfriend when he lived in Kingman?
(a) Abigail.
(b) Katie.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Rachel.

14. Where did Paul's op-ed "How Long Have I Got Left" get published?
(a) Los Angeles Times.
(b) USA Today.
(c) The Washington Post.
(d) New York Times.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Paul's mother trained to be?

2. Where did Paul begin his residency in Part 1, Section 3?

3. During Paul's first time working with a cadaver, how many hours a week did he spend "carving up a corpse"?

4. Who was Paul's co-resident when he began his residency in Part 1, Section 3?

5. Where would Paul camp when his regular room in Part 1, Section 2 were occupied?

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