When Breath Becomes Air Test | Final Test - Medium

Paul Kalanithi
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 120 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

When Breath Becomes Air Test | Final Test - Medium

Paul Kalanithi
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 120 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 2, Section 4, what did Emma say was Paul's next step after his discharge from the hospital?
(a) Chemotherapy.
(b) Tarceva.
(c) Physical therapy.
(d) Get stronger.

2. After Paul began operating again in Part 2, Section 2, how long did it take before he was operating a nearly full load?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) A month.
(c) Two months.
(d) Six weeks.

3. How many pounds had Paul lost since being diagnosed with cancer in Part 2, Section 4?
(a) 40.
(b) 35.
(c) 50.
(d) 45.

4. When was Paul's graduation scheduled in Part 2, Section 3?
(a) One week before Lucy's due date.
(b) Two weeks before Lucy's due date.
(c) Eight weeks after his first chemotherapy treatment.
(d) Five weeks after his first chemotherapy treatment.

5. While Emma was gone and Paul was in the ICU in Part 2, Section 3, who tried to corral all the doctors when Paul was asleep?
(a) His brothers.
(b) Emma's PA.
(c) Lucy and his father.
(d) Victoria.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time of day was Paul's daughter born?

2. How did Paul get to the hospital when Lucy went into labor?

3. How long before Paul's cancer diagnosis had he been in the hospital with appendicitis?

4. What was the name of Paul's oncologist in Part 2, Section 1?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Paul alter his physical therapy program once he decided to go back to the operating room?

2. How did Paul feel about his life when he learned he had cancer at the beginning of Part 2, Section 1?

3. How did Paul describe himself and his condition at the beginning of Part 2, Section 4?

4. Why did Paul begin reading literature again in Part 2, Section 2?

5. What was Paul's first chemotherapy session like?

6. Why did Paul say that doctors don't give patients specific prognoses?

7. Why did Paul and Emma decide to include Avastin in his treatment plan in Part 2, Section 3?

8. What was offered Paul if he went to work in Wisconsin?

9. What did Paul have to face like his own patients and whose help did he need to do that?

10. What did Paul see on a CT scan at the beginning of Part 2, Section 3, and how did he feel about what he saw?

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