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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 couldn't Paul do at the beginning of Part 2, Section 4?

2. In Part 2, Section 4, how did Emma make her pronouncement about how much time Paul had left?

3. What college reunion did Paul celebrate at Stanford after his daughter's birth?

4. What object was mentioned in the poem Paul quoted at the end of Part 2, Section 3?

5. While Emma was gone and Paul was in the ICU in Part 2, Section 3, who tried to corral all the doctors when Paul was asleep?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why didn't Paul attend his graduation?

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

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

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

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

8. Why did Paul and Emma decide to include Avastin in his treatment plan in Part 2, Section 3?

9. What was Paul's first chemotherapy session like?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Paul felt that he lost the ability to chose the path his life was taking. Why did Paul feel after his illness that he no longer could choose his own path? How did he cope with that realization and how did he view the path his life was taking at that point in time?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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