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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. When did Lucy have her first contractions?
(a) Two weeks after Paul was discharged from the hospital.
(b) Two days before Paul was discharged from the hospital.
(c) A week after Paul was discharged from the hospital.
(d) Two days after Paul was discharged from the hospital.

2. Before the cancer, what did Paul think his second career would be?
(a) Literature professor.
(b) Writer.
(c) Analyst.
(d) History professor.

3. If Paul had an EGFR mutation, how much longer might he live?
(a) Two years.
(b) Three months.
(c) Six months.
(d) A year.

4. In Part 2, Section 2, where did Paul fly for a job interview in February?
(a) Colorado.
(b) Wisconsin.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Los Angeles.

5. Why did Paul have a resident take over during the first surgery he did after his cancer diagnosis?
(a) His hands were shaking.
(b) He was having memory issues.
(c) He was nauseated.
(d) He felt dizzy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Paul read in Part 2, Section 2, as he turned to literature again?

2. What did Paul decide to do after remembering Samuel Beckett's words in Part 2, Section 2?

3. At the beginning of Part 2, Section 3, how many more scans was Paul to have before finishing residency?

4. What time of day was Paul's daughter born?

5. When Paul was started on chemotherapy in Part 2, Section 3, how long was he to receive treatment?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Paul have to face like his own patients and whose help did he need to do that?

2. Why did Paul and Emma decide to include Avastin in his treatment plan in Part 2, Section 3?

3. How was Paul able to be in the delivery room with Lucy?

4. When Paul returned to taking full responsibility for his patients in Part 2, Section 2, how did he feel and how long did it take him to get used to the work load?

5. What were Paul's oncologist's credentials?

6. What did Paul see on a CT scan at the beginning of Part 2, Section 3, and how did he feel about what he saw?

7. Why did Paul say that doctors don't give patients specific prognoses?

8. What message did Paul leave for his daughter?

9. What did Paul envision as he held his daughter for the first time?

10. Where did Paul and Lucy go after speaking with his oncologist for the first time in her office in Part 2, Section 1?

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