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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color was the pill that Paul began taking in Part 2, Section 1?
(a) Yellow.
(b) White.
(c) Blue.
(d) Green.

2. In Part 2, Section 1, what pill did Paul's oncologist say that he might take instead of chemotherapy?
(a) Abraxane.
(b) Farydak.
(c) Darzalex.
(d) Tarceva.

3. In Part 2, Section 3, what day of the week did Paul begin chemotherapy?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Tuesday.

4. When was Paul's graduation scheduled in Part 2, Section 3?
(a) Two weeks before Lucy's due date.
(b) Eight weeks after his first chemotherapy treatment.
(c) One week before Lucy's due date.
(d) Five weeks after his first chemotherapy treatment.

5. What religion did Paul's family practice when he was growing up?
(a) Jewish.
(b) Muslim.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Christianity.

6. When Paul left the hospital after his cancer diagnois in Part 2, Section 1, how long ago had he been in the operating room?
(a) One week.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Six. days.
(d) Eight days.

7. Who wrote the poem at the end of Part 2, Section 3, that Paul quoted?
(a) T. S. Eliot.
(b) Robert Frost.
(c) Emily Dickinson.
(d) Walt Whitman.

8. When Paul had performed surgery before his cancer diagnosis in Part 2, Section 1, how many hours was he in the operating room?
(a) 15.
(b) 12.
(c) 36.
(d) 24.

9. In Part 2, Section 2, how long after Paul started treatment did he have his first CT scan?
(a) One month.
(b) Six weeks.
(c) Two months.
(d) Two weeks.

10. How many pounds had Paul lost in the last week in Part 2, Section 4?
(a) Ten.
(b) Five.
(c) 15.
(d) Nine.

11. How many years before Paul treated Mr. R in Part 2, Section 3, had he had another patient with Gerstmann's syndrome?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Eight.

12. When did Paul say that the word "hope" first appeared in English?
(a) 2,000 years ago.
(b) 500 years ago.
(c) About 3,000 years ago.
(d) About 1,000 years ago.

13. What did Paul say in Part 2, Section 3, people would think if God spoke to them?
(a) They would think they were hearing voices.
(b) They would find faith.
(c) They would change their lives.
(d) They would think they were delusional.

14. What nickname did Paul's father call him?
(a) Bubby.
(b) Pubby.
(c) Ruddy.
(d) Buddy.

15. What college reunion did Paul celebrate at Stanford after his daughter's birth?
(a) 15.
(b) 10.
(c) 14.
(d) 13.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2, Section 1, after his diagnosis, what animal did Paul compare himself to?

2. What side effect did Paul have after he began his medication in Part 2, Section 1?

3. In Part 2, Section 3, who went with Paul to his first chemotherapy session?

4. When Paul first returned to his residency in Part 2, Section 2, how many cases did he decide he would do a day?

5. Why did Paul have a resident take over during the first surgery he did after his cancer diagnosis?

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