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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Susie call Vivian when she comes into her room to take care of the alarm?
(a) Hon.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Darlin'.
(d) Sweetheart.

2. What does Vivian guess is the reason the student asks a favor of her?
(a) She truly wants to learn.
(b) She is sucking up to Vivian.
(c) Her grandmother has died.
(d) Her previous mentor has retired.

3. What word does Vivian define for Susie?
(a) Somneriferous.
(b) Slumberous.
(c) Soporific.
(d) Somnolent.

4. What does Vivian say she is supposed to think is a relief?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Being finished with her treatment.
(c) Getting back to her room after the tests.
(d) Being able to drink juice.

5. What type of student usually asks the question Vivian is asked every year?
(a) One of the students who ends up working as a teaching assistant.
(b) One of the non-traditional students.
(c) One of the smart ones.
(d) One of the students taking the class as an elective.

6. Who prescribed Vivian's morphine drip?
(a) Susie.
(b) Kelekian.
(c) An on-call doctor Vivian does not know.
(d) Jason.

7. What kind of medication does Susie say Vivian will get?
(a) Not so much that she will be unconscious.
(b) Patient-controlled.
(c) Constant.
(d) Aggressive.

8. Which of the Holy Sonnets does Vivian recite when she imagines she is teaching?
(a) Sonnet Five.
(b) Sonnet Fifteen.
(c) Sonnet Six.
(d) Sonnet Three.

9. How do Jason and Kelekian feel about how Vivian's treatment has gone?
(a) They are optimistic.
(b) They are not saying much about it.
(c) They are concerned.
(d) They are delighted.

10. Who tells Vivian what Susie and Jason are doing?
(a) Kelekian.
(b) Jason.
(c) Susie.
(d) A Technician.

11. What test does Vivian have to have done when she is interrupted while she imagines she is teaching?
(a) A chest x-ray.
(b) An ultrasound.
(c) A GI series.
(d) A pelvic exam.

12. Why does Jason say Vivian is not given patient-controlled medication?
(a) She has earned a rest.
(b) She does not want control over her medication dosing.
(c) She is too weak to be able to push the button for the medication.
(d) She will not know when she has had enough.

13. Who does Vivian say is the greatest wit?
(a) John Donne.
(b) E. M. Ashford.
(c) Herself.
(d) Susie.

14. How does Susie react when Vivian explains her reaction?
(a) She offers her some juice.
(b) She giggles.
(c) She gives her a hug.
(d) She cries with her.

15. What is Vivian's initial morphine dosage?
(a) Five an hour.
(b) As much as she feels she needs.
(c) Ten every half hour.
(d) Ten an hour.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Susie glad Vivian did when she gives Vivian the morphine?

2. What does Jason say Vivian's class trained him for?

3. How does Vivian react when Susie tells her the effect the medication will have on her?

4. How does Jason know Vivian's kidneys are functioning properly?

5. How does Jason describe cancer?

(see the answer keys)

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