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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Paul first returned to his residency in Part 2, Section 2, how many cases did he decide he would do a day?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

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

3. What type of music did Paul like to listen to in the operating room.
(a) Bossa nova.
(b) Classical.
(c) Pop.
(d) Jazz.

4. 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.

5. After two months of physical therapy, how long could Paul sit without tiring in Part 2, Section 1?
(a) An hour.
(b) 30 minutes.
(c) 45 minutes.
(d) Two hours.

6. What couldn't Paul do at the beginning of Part 2, Section 4?
(a) Write.
(b) Read.
(c) Walk.
(d) Watch television.

7. In Part 2, Section 2, how long had it been since Paul's cancer diagnosis when he was operating until late at night or into the early morning?
(a) One and a half.
(b) Nine months.
(c) 12 months.
(d) One year.

8. In Part 2, Section 4, who came to help Paul and Lucy?
(a) His parents.
(b) His brothers and their wives.
(c) Both sets of parents.
(d) Her parents.

9. Before the cancer, how many years had Paul thought he would be a surgeon-scientist?
(a) 40.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 15.

10. In what Shakespearean play did the character Gloucester complain about human fate?
(a) King Lear.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) Romeo and Juliet.
(d) Macbeth.

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

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

13. In Part 2, Section 4, what did Paul say that he and Emma were facing?
(a) Coming up with a treatment plan.
(b) More tests.
(c) An abyss.
(d) Indecision.

14. After Paul's cancer diagnosis and beginning treatment in Part 2, Section 1, how did he spend the bulk of his week?
(a) Physical therapy.
(b) Cognitive therapy.
(c) Couples therapy..
(d) Family therapy.

15. How did Paul feel when he saw a large tumor on his scan in Part 2, Section 3?
(a) Scared.
(b) Resigned.
(c) Frustrated.
(d) Angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Part 2, Section 3, how many more scans was Paul to have before finishing residency?

2. What was the name of Paul's oncologist's nurse practitioner in Part 2, Section 1?

3. What percent of 36 year olds usually got lung cancer?

4. How did Paul get to the hospital when Lucy went into labor?

5. How long after returning to surgery did Paul have another CT scan?

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