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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When did Verghese meet Paul?
(a) February 2014.
(b) March 2015.
(c) September 2014.
(d) January 2015.

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

5. During Paul's early days of med school, his first day, what class did he have before he got to the cadavers?
(a) Chemistry.
(b) Biology.
(c) Physics.
(d) CPR.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. 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) Laurie.
(c) Annie.
(d) Andrea.

14. In Part 1, Section 2, how long did Paul study at Cambridge?
(a) Two years.
(b) A year.
(c) Nine months.
(d) 18 months.

15. At the time Paul was suffering from weight loss and back pain, how long had he been training to be a neurosurgeon?
(a) 12 years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Eight years.
(d) Five years.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On a Thursday in the Prologue, how many hours did Paul spend in the operating room on a series of complex cases?

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

4. When did Paul meet, Lucy, the woman who would become his wife?

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

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