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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In Part 1, Section 3, how old was the man who was hurt in a motorcycle accident?
(a) 44.
(b) 31.
(c) 22.
(d) 56.
2. Where did Paul begin his residency in Part 1, Section 3?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Boston U.
(c) Yale.
(d) Stanford.
3. What color were the rocks in the desert near where Paul lived when he was a teenager?
(a) Beige.
(b) Rusty.
(c) Dusty.
(d) Red.
4. How old was Paul when his father moved the family from New York?
(a) 11.
(b) Nine.
(c) Eight.
(d) Ten.
5. How many brothers did Paul have?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) One.
6. Near what mountains did Paul live when he was a teenager?
(a) Black Mountains.
(b) Dragoon Mountains.
(c) Cerbat Mountains.
(d) Aguila Mountains.
7. What was Paul's wife's, Lucy, profession?
(a) Internist.
(b) Radiologist.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Professor.
8. When did Abraham Verghese get to know Paul?
(a) After he married and had a child.
(b) After his death.
(c) When he was a resident in medical school.
(d) When he was in high school.
9. In Part 1, Section 3, what was the name of the mother whose child had a large brain tumor?
(a) Angela.
(b) Rebecca.
(c) Claire.
(d) Gina.
10. Where were the exchange students from that Paul convinced there were coyotes that lived inside cacti?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Paris.
11. When did Verghese receive a copy of Paul's book?
(a) One month before Paul died.
(b) A week before Paul died.
(c) A week after Paul died.
(d) Two months after Paul died.
12. What was Paul's father's occupation?
(a) Cardiologist.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Internist.
(d) Engineer.
13. How old was the guide who led Paul and other students from a neuroscience class through a facility for people who had suffered severe brain injuries in Part 1, Section 1
(a) 40 something.
(b) 31.
(c) 30 something.
(d) 25.
14. For glioblastoma, what percent of patients were alive two years after surgery?
(a) 11.
(b) 20.
(c) Five.
(d) One.
15. How old was Paul's first patient who died in Part 1, Section 3?
(a) 74.
(b) 53.
(c) 67.
(d) 82.
Short Answer Questions
1. During Paul's first time working with a cadaver, how many hours a week did he spend "carving up a corpse"?
2. In the Prologue, when did Paul say he began losing weight and have back pain?
3. When Paul first moved to the desert with his family, what did he find when he lifted an irrigation grate?
4. In Part 1, Section 3, what type of cancer did Paul's colleague V have?
5. Where did Paul's mother drive to have her children take their PSATs, SATs, and ACTs?
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