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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. In Part 2, Section 2, how often did Emma want to see Paul at her office?

2. Before the cancer, how many years had Paul thought he would be a surgeon-scientist?

3. In Part 2, Section 2, after Paul's second CT scan, how long did Emma say he might think about living?

4. What percent of 36 year olds usually got lung cancer?

5. When Paul left the hospital after his cancer diagnois in Part 2, Section 1, how long ago had he been in the operating room?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Paul able to be in the delivery room with Lucy?

2. What was M&M?

3. What message did Paul leave for his daughter?

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

5. How did Paul like to suture a patient's skin after surgery?

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Paul believed that somber, respectful medical students often transformed into callous, arrogant doctors. What experiences did medical students have that transformed them into calloused, arrogant doctors? Why did they often forget the human side of medicine as their studies progressed?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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