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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What months did Quintana spend at the Rusk Institute?
(a) August and September.
(b) July and August.
(c) June, July, August.
(d) May, June, July.

2. Prior to working at "The New Yorker," where did John's editor work?
(a) University of Chicago Press.
(b) Random House.
(c) Harcourt, Brace & Co.
(d) Oxford University Press.

3. What type of a tree did Joan drape colored Christmas lights on in Chapter 20?
(a) Ficus.
(b) Citrus.
(c) Quince.
(d) Dracena.

4. How many beds were in the acute rehab unit at UCLA Neuropsychiatric?
(a) 15 beds.
(b) 24 beds.
(c) 18 beds.
(d) 11 beds.

5. What book did Julia Child have inscribed to give to John?
(a) Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home.
(b) Mastering the Art of French Cooking.
(c) The Way to Cook.
(d) From Julia Child's Kitchen.

6. How many cases of sudden death from cardiac arrest typically occurred at home?
(a) 60 percent
(b) 50 percent.
(c) 80 percent.
(d) 90 percent.

7. How did Dominique die?
(a) She was strangled to death.
(b) She had a sudden illness.
(c) She died in a plane accident.
(d) She died in a car accident.

8. What type of a dog did Joan and John have in 1987?
(a) Labradoodle.
(b) Poodle.
(c) Golden Retriever.
(d) Bouvier.

9. During the years that John and Joan were married, how much time did they not spend working at home?
(a) 4 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 8 months.
(d) 5 months.

10. How old was Joan when the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima?
(a) 9 years old.
(b) 7 years old.
(c) 8 years old.
(d) 10 years old.

11. Who wrote, "Time is the school in which we learn"?
(a) Wallace Stevens.
(b) Delmore Schwartz.
(c) Robert Frost.
(d) Ezra Pound.

12. How old was Nick's daughter, Dominique, when she was in John and Joan's wedding?
(a) 3 years old.
(b) 4 years old.
(c) 6 years old.
(d) 5 years old.

13. When Joan awakened at 3:30 one morning, who was being interviewed on TV?
(a) Passengers from Northwest Flight 327.
(b) AIDS orphans.
(c) The Spanish Prime Minister.
(d) Afghanistani refugees.

14. Where did John and Joan meet Joe and Gertrude Black?
(a) In Russia.
(b) In the Netherlands.
(c) In Indonesia.
(d) In France.

15. When did Joan request a copy of John's autopsy?
(a) February 15.
(b) January 14.
(c) January 4.
(d) February 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Joan when she despised the book "Leftover Life to Kill"?

2. What year was it when John and Joan were at a red light and saw the driver suddenly slump over his steering wheel?

3. What medication was given to John at the apartment three times while paramedics worked on him?

4. Where did Joan find meaning in life?

5. Which of Joan's novels had a passage about dreams?

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