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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Joan watch from the windows at UCLA?
(a) A construction site.
(b) A picnic area.
(c) A swimming pool.
(d) A playground.

2. Who wrote a book about her husband's death that Joan despised?
(a) Caitlin Thomas.
(b) Mary Beth Crain.
(c) Barbara Barth.
(d) Lynn Caine.

3. What was the date of John's funeral?
(a) January 23.
(b) February 23.
(c) March 23.
(d) April 23.

4. When was Quintana allowed to fly back to New York?
(a) May.
(b) June.
(c) March.
(d) April.

5. What Matthew Arnold poem did Joan mention reading in Chapter 4?
(a) The Forsaken Merman.
(b) A Dream.
(c) The Buried Life.
(d) Dover Beach.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Quintana get a tracheotomy at UCLA?

2. During the years that John and Joan were married, how much time did they not spend working at home?

3. Where was the male patient from who lay to the left of Quintana's bed at UCLA?

4. On what peninsula was John and Joan's first house of their married life?

5. How long after John's death was his funeral held?

(see the answer key)

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