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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. Where was Quintana born?
(a) Fullerton.
(b) Holmby Hills.
(c) Santa Monica.
(d) Malibu.

2. When was Quintana discharged from Beth Israel?
(a) January 22, 2004.
(b) February 5, 2004.
(c) February 15, 2004.
(d) January 30, 2004.

3. How much did the drug cost that Quintana was given to treat her sepsis?
(a) $17,000.
(b) $20,000.
(c) $7,500.
(d) $5,600.

4. How did John's father die?
(a) A construction accident.
(b) A car accident.
(c) A stroke.
(d) Cardiac arrest.

5. What was Quintana's temperature the first time she went to the emergency room?
(a) 102.
(b) 104.
(c) 103.
(d) 105.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did John have a pacemaker implanted?

2. When did Joan interview Teresa Heinz Kerry?

3. What day of the week did John die?

4. What poet did John's brother Nick read at the funeral?

5. What did Quintana put up her nose twice in two days when she was little?

Short Essay Questions

1. What one object did Sara Mankiewicz remove from her house when John and Joan rented it and why?

2. Describe John's funeral.

3. Why were Joan and John evicted from their house on the Palos Verdes Peninsula?

4. What did John look like when Joan saw him in the emergency room?

5. How did friends and relatives help Joan in the first three weeks after John died?

6. During her reading, what did Joan learn were some means that were used to test a patient's memory and comprehension?

7. What expensive drug was Quintana given when she developed sepsis?

8. What did Joan first think when she looked up and saw John slumped over, motionless at dinner?

9. Why did a woman that Joan worked with at "Vogue" have an abortion that was paid for by the attorney general's office?

10. What was Joan's first column like that she wrote for "Life"?

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