Bodacious Books
Book that Paul wrote his college essay about
What is Brave New World
What Paul says to cut of the argument with his wife: “Let’s __”
What is “get some ice cream”
The school Paul went to for his Bachelor’s
What is Stanford
Nurse that helped Paul in his first days working in the hospital
Who is Melissa
What Paul is diagnosed with
What is Lung Cancer
At 10 years old his mother made him read this
What is 1984 by George Orwell
“You wouldn’t tell a patient the ___ details of a surgery if that would make them not____.”
What is “Gory” and “Consent”
Where Paul’s family lived before moving
What is Bronxville, New York
Psychology student and Paul’s first girlfriend
Who is Abigail
While Paul pretends mannequins are real, he pretends these are fake
What are Cadavers
The author who, Paul felt, showed how our suffering can make us callous to the obvious suffering of another.
Nabakov
Professor bluntly says this about sick kids: “But sometimes you know, _______”
What is “I think it’s better if they die”
The job site that Paul DID NOT attend
What is the Yerkes Primate Research Center in Atlanta
The first patient that Paul ever lost
Who is Mrs. Harvey
The neurological disorder wherein one loses the ability to see faces.
What is Prosopagnosia
Full name for credit; the book his first girlfriend gave him
What is Satan: His Psychotherapy and Cure by the Unfortunate Dr. Kassler, J.S.P.S. by Jeremy Leven
Intern in Paul’s first year in residency says this about the job: “The only thing I can tell you is___”
What is “they can always hurt you, but they can’t stop the clock”
The mountain they hiked at Sierra Camp
What is Mount Tallac
Senior year friend of Paul’s who went to Yale
Who is Leo
(Verb) To kill secretly by suffocation or strangulation, or for the purpose of selling the victim’s body for dissection.
What is Burke
Books (NOT authors) Paul’s mother made him read because of a “college prep reading list” she had read
What are The Count of Monte Cristo, Robinson Crusoe, Ivanhoe and The Last of the Mohicans
“I want the counselors to build a ____...and let my ashes drop and ___ with the sand. ”
What is “Pyre” and “Mingle”
Lucy’s residency campus
What is UCSF
Author who Paul wrote his thesis on “___ and the medicalization of personality”
Who is Walt Whitman
The deeply complex cases Paul spends 36 hours on in the operating room.
What are giant aneurysms, intracerebral arteria bypasses, arteriovenous malformations.