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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. After his daughter's birth, what did Paul see before him?

2. What color was the pill that Paul began taking in Part 2, Section 1?

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

4. In Part 2, Section 3, who went with Paul to his first chemotherapy session?

5. When Paul first returned to his residency in Part 2, Section 2, how many cases did he decide he would do a day?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. 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?

5. What message did Paul leave for his daughter?

6. When Paul returned to taking full responsibility for his patients in Part 2, Section 2, how did he feel and how long did it take him to get used to the work load?

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

8. Why didn't Paul attend his graduation?

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

10. What were Paul's oncologist's credentials?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lucy stated that Paul was fully alive even to his last day. In what ways was Paul fully alive throughout his illness? How were his days full of purpose and meaning even as he lost physical capabilities?

Essay Topic 2

Paul commented that terminal illness should have been the perfect gift for someone who wanted to understand death. Why should his illness have been a gift for Paul, and why was it so difficult for him to understand and live through his diagnosis of a terminal illness?

Essay Topic 3

Paul went through the stages of grief "backward." How did Paul cope with each of the stages of grief and why did he consider that he went through the stages in reverse order?

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