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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long before Paul's cancer diagnosis had he been in the hospital with appendicitis?
(a) 18 months.
(b) 11 months.
(c) 13 months.
(d) Nine months.

2. How much older was Paul's oncologist than he was in Part 2, Section 1?
(a) years.
(b) A few years.
(c) Three years.
(d) A couple years.

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

4. What time of day was Paul's daughter born?
(a) 2:11 a.m.
(b) 3:04 a.m.
(c) Noon.
(d) Midnight.

5. In Part 2, Section 4, how many years did Emma say that Paul had left?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

6. In Part 2, Section 2, when did Paul and Lucy go to church with Paul's parents?
(a) Third Sunday of Lent.
(b) Easter.
(c) Last Sunday in March.
(d) First Sunday in May.

7. In Part 2, Section 4, when had Paul's hair thinned the most?
(a) After 3 chemotherapy treatments.
(b) In the last month.
(c) In the last week.
(d) After first chemotherapy treatment.

8. After his daughter's birth, what did Paul see before him?
(a) Life.
(b) Death.
(c) A blank page.
(d) An empty wasteland.

9. While Emma was gone and Paul was in the ICU in Part 2, Section 3, how did she keep in touch with his doctors?
(a) Fax.
(b) Text.
(c) Phone.
(d) Email.

10. As Paul returned to his residency and work in Part 2, Section 2, how many stages of grief did he realize he had gone through?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Three.

11. What was the name of Paul's oncologist in Part 2, Section 1?
(a) Megan Brown.
(b) Peter Andrews.
(c) David Rustin.
(d) Emma Hayward.

12. What object was mentioned in the poem Paul quoted at the end of Part 2, Section 3?
(a) Anchor.
(b) Rudder.
(c) Boat.
(d) Steering wheel.

13. 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.

14. In Part 2, Section 2, how often did Emma want to see Paul at her office?
(a) Once a month.
(b) Every Six weeks.
(c) Every Three weeks.
(d) Every other month.

15. What did Paul read in Part 2, Section 2, as he turned to literature again?
(a) Kierkgaard.
(b) Dostoyevsky.
(c) Solzhenitsyn.
(d) Einstein.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Paul and Lucy name their daughter?

2. When did Paul say that the word "hope" first appeared in English?

3. After Paul had his first CT scan in Part 2, Section 2, how many nodules showed on the scan?

4. What did Paul have to drink during his college reunion at Stanford after his daughter was born?

5. In Part 2, Section 4, who came to help Paul and Lucy?

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