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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where did Lucy begin her residency in Part 1, Section 3?
2. In the Prologue, when did Paul say he began losing weight and have back pain?
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. Who wrote the poem at the beginning of the Prologue?
5. Of the twins that Paul watched being born by C-section toward the end of Part 1, Section 2, how long did Baby B live?
Short Essay Questions
1. How were bodies provided for medical school in the past?
2. How did Paul's father inspire him?
3. What happened to Paul's co-resident, Jeff?
4. Why does Abraham Verghese say that his foreword should have been an afterward?
5. How did Paul feel when he made a trip to New York in the Prologue?
6. How would Paul and his friends spends their afternoons in Arizona?
7. What was Paul's educational journey?
8. What did the first X-rays Paul had reveal and what did the doctor think his issues were?
9. In Part 1, Section 3, who was the first patient Paul lost, and how did she die?
10. Why wasn't technical excellence enough as Paul treated patients during his residency in Part 1, Section 3?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When Paul graduated from high school, becoming a doctor was last on his list of careers. What was Paul's experience with medicine and why was he so against becoming a doctor at that time in his life?
Essay Topic 2
Paul's life was shaped by events and people from his childhood. What were the main events and people that shaped who Paul became and how did those events and people shape his life? What was the strongest influence and why?
Essay Topic 3
The last section of the book is title "Cease Not till Death." In what ways did Paul not quit living during his illness? Why was it important for him to keep living and hoping until his last breath?
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