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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. What was Paul's wife's, Lucy, profession?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Radiologist.
(c) Professor.
(d) Internist.

2. Where did Lucy begin her residency in Part 1, Section 3?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Yale.
(c) UCLA.
(d) UCSF.

3. Who wrote the poem at the beginning of the Prologue?
(a) T. S. Eliot.
(b) Terrance Hayes.
(c) Paul Laurence Dunbar.
(d) George Abbe.

4. What percent of people choose their jobs based upon pay, work environment, and hours?
(a) 85%.
(b) 76%.
(c) 99%.
(d) 6%.

5. How old was Paul in the Prologue?
(a) 29.
(b) 32.
(c) 33.
(d) 36.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Paul's middle name?

2. What type of tree was outside the office where Verghese met with Paul?

3. What was the gestational age of the twins that died during Paul's assignment in the ob-gyn section of the hospital?

4. Who was Paul's co-resident when he began his residency in Part 1, Section 3?

5. When Paul considered medical school in Part 1, Section 2, how much study time would it take him to get ready for medical school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Paul's educational journey?

2. What did Paul's mother fear the most in Arizona?

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

4. What was Paul's memorial service like?

5. Why does Abraham Verghese say that his foreword should have been an afterward?

6. How were bodies provided for medical school in the past?

7. How did Paul feel when he made a trip to New York in the Prologue?

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

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

10. What did the first X-rays Paul had reveal and what did the doctor think his issues were?

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