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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. How long did the med school application cycle take according to Paul in Part 1, Section 2?
(a) 6 months.
(b) One year.
(c) Two years.
(d) 18 months.

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

3. What did Paul study as an undergraduate student?
(a) History and biology.
(b) Biology and botany.
(c) English and biology.
(d) Biology and philosophy.

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

5. When did Abraham Verghese get to know Paul?
(a) When he was in high school.
(b) When he was a resident in medical school.
(c) After his death.
(d) After he married and had a child.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Verghese receive a copy of Paul's book?

2. When did Verghese meet Paul?

3. How old was the guide who led Paul and other students from a neuroscience class through a facility for people who had suffered severe brain injuries in Part 1, Section 1

4. How many brothers did Paul have?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who was Shep Nuland?

5. Why did Mari, a fellow medical student with Paul, feel relief and then shame when a surgery was called off at the end of Part 1, Section 2?

6. In Part 1, Section 3, who was the first patient Paul lost, and how did she die?

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

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

9. What was Paul's educational journey?

10. How did Paul view language at the beginning of Part 1, Section 2?

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