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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. Near what mountains did Paul live when he was a teenager?

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

3. When Paul and his friends raided the school cafeteria in Part 1, Section 1, what did they dress as?

4. What color were the rocks in the desert near where Paul lived when he was a teenager?

5. How many years of training did Paul have before him when he began his residency in Part 1, Section 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Paul describe his father?

3. How did Paul's father inspire him?

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

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

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

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

8. What was Paul's educational journey?

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

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

Paul chose to keep his mental faculties and speech intact, over the health of his body. What steps did Paul and his doctors take to help him retain his mental faculties and speech? Why was it so important to Paul to preserve thought and speech and what did that reveal about him?

Essay Topic 2

Paul felt that hope left him with his cancer diagnosis. How did Paul find hope after his diagnosis, and what were some events that revealed whether Paul was able to find hope after he learned that he had cancer?

Essay Topic 3

Paul was a rare physician who loved and understood literature. How did Paul use literature and his medical studies to understand life and the human existence?

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