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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. What was the name of the resident who didn't want to give Paul his Tarceva in Part 2, Section 3?

2. Before the cancer, what did Paul think his second career would be?

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

4. What did Paul have to drink during his college reunion at Stanford after his daughter was born?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What message did Paul leave for his daughter?

2. 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?

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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?

Essay Topic 3

Paul believed that science and faith led to truth. Why did Paul believe that both science and faith were necessary to find meaning in life? How did the two help Paul find meaning in his life?

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