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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Jason describe Vivian's seventeenth-century poetry course?
(a) Like learning a language without a dictionary.
(b) Like showing up to class in your underwear.
(c) Like his first patient.
(d) Like boot camp.

3. What level of fluids does Jason tell Vivian to push for each day?
(a) 300.
(b) 100.
(c) 200.
(d) 2,000.

4. What does a student ask Vivian for after a class?
(a) Her mentorship.
(b) The definition of a word.
(c) An explanation of a particular line.
(d) An extension on a deadline.

5. What question does Vivian ask Jason when he visits her room in Scene 11?
(a) Why he took her poetry class.
(b) Why he chose cancer research.
(c) Why he does not like patients.
(d) What hospital he wants to pursue his research.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vivian guess is the reason the student asks a favor of her?

2. What does “it” signify when Vivian explains the need for aggressive pain management?

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

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

5. What does Vivian say about her peritoneal cavity?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Vivian make her bed alarm go off in the middle of the night?

2. What is the parallel between Vivian and Jason's careers?

3. Why does Vivian think of herself as “just the specimen jar?”

4. Why is Vivian so upset at her imaginary lecture being interrupted by Susie?

5. What is the joke that makes Vivian laugh when Susie gives her morphine?

6. Why does Vivian allow Susie to call her “sweetheart?”

7. Why does Vivian tell the audience that “now is the time for kindness?”

8. Why does Susie tell Vivian that she and Jason are inserting a catheter even though she can't hear Susie?

9. Why is Vivian unable to explain to the audience what she is going through before she receives morphine?

10. What is the significance of Vivian surviving eight cycles of chemotherapy at the full dosage?

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