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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

2. In Part 2, Section 4, when was the last time Paul had been at weight he was at?
(a) Ninth grade.
(b) Sixth grade.
(c) Seventh grade.
(d) Eighth grade.

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

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

5. In Part 2, Section 2, after Paul's second CT scan, how long did Emma say he might think about living?
(a) Ten years.
(b) 12 years.
(c) Five years.
(d) Eight years.

6. How long after Paul counseled a family to withdraw life support for their son, did the parents show up with a video showing their son playing the piano?
(a) Two years.
(b) 36 months.
(c) One year.
(d) 18 months.

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

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

9. What did Paul have to drink during his college reunion at Stanford after his daughter was born?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Rum and cola.
(c) Wine.
(d) Beer.

10. What did Paul decide to do after remembering Samuel Beckett's words in Part 2, Section 2?
(a) Become a literature professor.
(b) Become a history professor.
(c) Go back to the OR.
(d) Go into family medicine.

11. After Paul had his first CT scan in Part 2, Section 2, how many nodules showed on the scan?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

12. After Paul's second CT scan in Part 2, Section 2, how long did Emma say that a patient was on Tarceva without a problem?
(a) Two years.
(b) Four years.
(c) Seven years.
(d) Five years.

13. How long after returning to surgery did Paul have another CT scan?
(a) Seven months.
(b) Five months.
(c) Eight months.
(d) Nine months.

14. After his daughter's birth, how did Paul describe time?
(a) Ticking clock.
(b) Molasses.
(c) Race.
(d) A state of being.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of music did Paul like to listen to in the operating room.

2. After two months of physical therapy, how long could Paul sit without tiring in Part 2, Section 1?

3. How many years before Paul treated Mr. R in Part 2, Section 3, had he had another patient with Gerstmann's syndrome?

4. Who drove Paul to his first follow-up appointment with Emma after his discharge from the hospital in Part 2, Section 4?

5. In what Shakespearean play did the character Gloucester complain about human fate?

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