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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. How did Paul get to the hospital when Lucy went into labor?

2. How many years before Paul treated Mr. R in Part 2, Section 3, had he had another patient with Gerstmann's syndrome?

3. At the beginning of Part 2, Section 3, how many more scans was Paul to have before finishing residency?

4. When did Paul say that the word "hope" first appeared in English?

5. Who drove Paul to his first follow-up appointment with Emma after his discharge from the hospital in Part 2, Section 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Why didn't Paul attend his graduation?

4. What was M&M?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Paul wondered if he would be able to face death with integrity. In what ways did Paul face death with integrity? What people in his life enabled him to face death with integrity? What role did his character play in helping him face death with integrity?

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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