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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Prologue, when did Paul say he began losing weight and have back pain?
(a) Nine months before.
(b) Three weeks before.
(c) A year before.
(d) Six months before.

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

3. What were the names of Paul's dogs when he was a teenager?
(a) Max and Nip.
(b) Hunter and Sparky.
(c) Kade and Sadie.
(d) Snowy and Brownie.

4. What type of tree was outside the office where Verghese met with Paul?
(a) Maple.
(b) Oak.
(c) Dogwood.
(d) Magnolia.

5. When did Paul meet, Lucy, the woman who would become his wife?
(a) First year of medical school.
(b) When he studied at Cambridge.
(c) Last year of undergraduate studies.
(d) Second year of medical school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Paul live in Part 1, Section 1, when he finished high school?

2. 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?

3. In the Prologue, what did Paul's weight drop to when he began having chest pain?

4. In Part 1, Section 3, how old was the boy named Matthew who had a tumor abutting his hypothalamus?

5. How many brothers did Paul have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Paul study literature and philosophy and also neuroscience?

2. What was Paul's educational journey?

3. How does Verghese describe the meeting he had with Paul?

4. How did Paul describe his father?

5. How would Paul and his friends spends their afternoons in Arizona?

6. What was wrong with Matthew, an eight-year-old, in Part 1, Section 3 and how successful was treatment?

7. How did Paul's father inspire him?

8. By the end of medical school, what did most students focus on for their specialties?

9. What were some of the things that Paul's mother did in order to see that her children were educated?

10. What did Paul believe setting aside literature would do for him?

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