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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 Part 1, Section 2, where were some of Paul's college friends headed to pursue a life in the arts?
(a) New York City.
(b) Hollywood.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Stratford-on-Avon.

2. What was Paul's mother trained to be?
(a) Physiologist.
(b) Pediatrician.
(c) Psychiatrist.
(d) Psychologist.

3. At the beginning of Part 1, Section 2, what master's program did Paul apply for?
(a) History.
(b) Biology.
(c) Neurology.
(d) English literature.

4. What color were the rocks in the desert near where Paul lived when he was a teenager?
(a) Dusty.
(b) Red.
(c) Beige.
(d) Rusty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 1, Section 3, when Paul began his residency, how many days was he at the hospital before he left?

2. What was Paul's middle name?

3. At the time Paul was suffering from weight loss and back pain, how long had he been training to be a neurosurgeon?

4. For glioblastoma, what percent of patients were alive two years after surgery?

5. Where was Paul a camp counselor 15 years prior to the time described in the Prologue?

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

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

4. What was Paul's memorial service like?

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

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

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

8. Why did Paul's father move his family to Arizona?

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

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

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