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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18 - Chapter 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Richard compares having ALS to what situation?
(a) Watching an awful movie.
(b) Forgetting a concerto during a recital.
(c) Getting into a car accident.
(d) Being stuck in quicksand.

2. What does Karina believe had the greatest impact on her destiny?
(a) Her marriage partner.
(b) Her choice of career.
(c) The location of her birth.
(d) Her family.

3. What does Tommy tell Richard?
(a) Richard's childhood home has been sold.
(b) Richard's family knows about his diagnosis.
(c) Richard's father died.
(d) Richard is invited to a family reunion.

4. What are the results of the breathing study performed after Christmas Eve?
(a) He can no longer inhale through his nose.
(b) His ability to exhale has decreased.
(c) He can no longer talk and breathe at the same time.
(d) He cannot hold his breath for more than thirty seconds.

5. Richard's nurse-practitioner advises him to do what to his liquids?
(a) Boil them.
(b) Thin them.
(c) Whip them.
(d) Thicken them.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Karina visits Richard in the third chapter, he compares her palate to what?

2. What concern regarding Grace does Karina share during her visit to Richard in Chapter Nine?

3. Following the Christmas Eve incident, what is Richard unable to control?

4. Which medication promises to give Richard an extra three months of life?

5. After attending the funeral, what does Richard gain?

(see the answer key)

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