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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 was Paul in the ICU in Part 2, Section 3?
(a) More than a week.
(b) Five days.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Three days.

2. In Part 2, Section 4, how many years did Emma say that Paul had left?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

3. At what time at the beginning of Part 2, Section 3, did Paul sit down to look at patients' scans and his own scans?
(a) 6 p.m.
(b) 8 p.m.
(c) 5 p.m.
(d) 7 p.m.

4. In Part 2, Section 4, who came to help Paul and Lucy?
(a) His brothers and their wives.
(b) Both sets of parents.
(c) Her parents.
(d) His parents.

5. Before the cancer, how many years had Paul thought he would be a surgeon-scientist?
(a) 40.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Paul decide to do after remembering Samuel Beckett's words in Part 2, Section 2?

2. In Part 2, Section 1, what pill did Paul's oncologist say that he might take instead of chemotherapy?

3. When did Lucy have her first contractions?

4. What did Paul say in Part 2, Section 3, people would think if God spoke to them?

5. In Part 2, Section 2, how did Paul think he would spend his time if he knew he had three months to live?

Short Essay Questions

1. What message did Paul leave for his daughter?

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

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

4. Where did Paul and Lucy go after speaking with his oncologist for the first time in her office in Part 2, Section 1?

5. When Paul viewed his first CT scan after his treatments in Part 2, Section 2, how did the scan look compared to his previous scan?

6. What type of chemo did Emma Hayward recommend for Paul?

7. What did Paul envision as he held his daughter for the first time?

8. What happened during the first operation Paul performed when he returned to the operating room in Part 2, Section 2?

9. How did Paul describe his oncologist when he first met her in Part 2, Section 1?

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

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