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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jason know Vivian's kidneys are functioning properly?
(a) Her intake and output levels are even.
(b) He did an x-ray of her kidneys to check.
(c) Her kidneys were removed prior to her treatment.
(d) He has no way of knowing for sure.

2. What does Susie offer to get for Vivian to comfort her?
(a) A dish of ice cream.
(b) Some juice.
(c) A cup of pudding.
(d) A Popsicle.

3. What is the date of the sonnet Vivian recites when she imagines she is teaching?
(a) 1609.
(b) 1604.
(c) 1603.
(d) 1611.

4. Why does Vivian wander the stage at the end of Scene 12?
(a) A scene change is occurring behind her.
(b) She is looking for her hospital room.
(c) She is imagining she is lecturing.
(d) She is trying to think of something.

5. What does Vivian say is the trouble when she breaks down in tears?
(a) She wants to go home.
(b) She does not understand why she got cancer.
(c) She is scared.
(d) She is angry.

6. What does Vivian compare herself to when she says she wants to explain but is unable?
(a) A toddler.
(b) A Donne sonnet.
(c) A bird.
(d) A student.

7. Who convinces Vivian to go to her test when she imagines she is teaching?
(a) Ashford.
(b) Susie.
(c) Kelekian.
(d) Jason.

8. How does Vivian react to the morphine as it takes effect?
(a) Her laughter turns to sighs.
(b) She recites one of Donne's poems.
(c) She holds Susie's hand.
(d) She begins to cry.

9. What does Vivian decide about the issue Susie discusses with her?
(a) She does not want to be resuscitated if her heart stops.
(b) She would like to hire a live-in nurse instead of going to a transitional care facility.
(c) She would like her body donated to science.
(d) She would like to stop treatment.

10. What does Vivian overhear two students mocking after a class?
(a) Her pronunciation.
(b) Her accent.
(c) Her clothing.
(d) Her use of a pointer.

11. What does Jason say Donne makes Shakespeare sound like?
(a) A Hallmark card.
(b) Dr. Seuss.
(c) The alphabet.
(d) A children's song.

12. What effect does Susie say the medication will have on Vivian?
(a) It will make her feel numb.
(b) It will make her sleepy.
(c) It will make her breathing shallower.
(d) It will make her limbs feel heavy.

13. What does Jason say Vivian's class trained him for?
(a) Medical school.
(b) Clinicals.
(c) Lab research.
(d) Life.

14. How does Vivian react when Susie tells her the effect the medication will have on her?
(a) She says she doesn't care.
(b) She laughs.
(c) She says she already knows.
(d) She cries.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks Jason if he will miss people?

2. Who interrupts Vivian's lecture when she imagines she is teaching?

3. What does Jason want to give Vivian to keep her hydrated?

4. What course does Jason think is a colossal waste of time for researchers?

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

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