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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. At the beginning of Part 1, Section 1, what did Paul believe his career would be?
(a) Writer.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Literature professor.
(d) Lawyer.

2. In Part 1, Section 2, how long did Paul study at Cambridge?
(a) A year.
(b) Nine months.
(c) 18 months.
(d) Two years.

3. In Part 1, Section 3, what did Paul say his father said lobster and steak would look like?
(a) Salad.
(b) Ham sandwich.
(c) Soup.
(d) Turkey sandwich.

4. How old was Paul's first patient who died in Part 1, Section 3?
(a) 53.
(b) 82.
(c) 67.
(d) 74.

5. How many brothers did Paul have?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. For glioblastoma, what percent of patients were alive two years after surgery?

2. What philosopher did Paul study with at Stanford?

3. 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

4. What did Paul study as an undergraduate student?

5. Who was the general surgery resident a few years senior to Paul, when Paul began his residency in Part 1, Section 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Paul study literature and philosophy and also neuroscience?

2. What hours did residents work according to Paul in Part 1, Section 3?

3. How did Paul view language at the beginning of Part 1, Section 2?

4. What was Paul's memorial service like?

5. Why did Mari, a fellow medical student with Paul, feel relief and then shame when a surgery was called off at the end of Part 1, Section 2?

6. What were some of the things that Paul's mother did in order to see that her children were educated?

7. What was Paul's educational journey?

8. What was wrong with Matthew, an eight-year-old, in Part 1, Section 3 and how successful was treatment?

9. Why does Abraham Verghese say that his foreword should have been an afterward?

10. How did Paul feel when he made a trip to New York in the Prologue?

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