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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the person conducting Karen's autopsy examines her lungs, what becomes evident?
(a) Her body had reacted to something.
(b) She had had a bout with pneumonia.
(c) She had been a heavy smoker.
(d) An undetected tumor had been growing.

2. After Karen's autopsy, John pays a visit to Jim Murphy. Who is Jim?
(a) A biochemist conducting research on steroids in pregnant women.
(b) A pathologist specializing in murder cases.
(c) A detective specializing in hospital murder cases.
(d) A lung specialist conducting research on lung capacity in pregnant women.

3. Suzanne Blake is a college student who __________.
(a) Desperately wants a baby.
(b) Has survived cervical cancer.
(c) Becomes pregnant by accident.
(d) Falls in love with a professor.

4. What does the person conducting the autopsy on Karen notice about her uterus?
(a) It shows signs of multiple pregnancies.
(b) Part of it has been removed.
(c) It is not as large as it should be if she had been pregnant.
(d) It has an unusual shape.

5. Lewis Carr tells John that according to her stepmother, Karen had named Art Lee as __________.
(a) Her drug supplier.
(b) The abortionist.
(c) The one who talked her out of an abortion.
(d) Her boyfriend.

6. What does John say in response to the Randall family's belief that Karen had paid Art Lee three hundred dollars for an abortion?
(a) It would be easy to trace the check and see who had cashed it.
(b) Art always charges twenty-five dollars only to cover lab costs.
(c) Art accepts no money whatsoever for doing an abortion.
(d) The family needs to stop framing Art.

7. Art Lee is arrested for the murder of Karen Randall, the daughter of __________.
(a) A man who is prominent in the medical community.
(b) The president of the local community college.
(c) The richest couple in Boston.
(d) A woman John Berry used to date.

8. Art Lee explains to John Berry that he had refused to perform an abortion on Karen Randall because __________.
(a) Her pregnancy was already four months along.
(b) He was afraid of her father.
(c) Her reasons for wanting one were frivolous.
(d) He thought it was a trap.

9. What happens when John Berry arrives at the police station and requests to see Dr. Lee?
(a) He is almost arrested.
(b) He is told to come back later.
(c) He is greeted warmly.
(d) He is refused admittance.

10. Roger Whiting discovered that six months earlier, a full set of cranial X-rays had been taken of Karen. Who does he think ordered them?
(a) J.D. Randall, her father and one of the chief surgeons.
(b) Walter Randall, her brother and a medical intern.
(c) Peter Randall, her uncle and physician.
(d) Jennifer Randall, her sister and nurse.

11. In John's commentary on Boston City Hospital, he explains that the facility __________.
(a) Had lost three doctors the previous year.
(b) Is in the "Neutral Zone."
(c) Is in the "Combat Zone."
(d) Had won five awards the previous year.

12. When John goes looking for Karen's chart, he learns that it is in the possession of whom?
(a) The police.
(b) Her stepmother.
(c) Her father.
(d) The private investigator.

13. When John Berry encounters J.D. Randall after meeting with William Randall, how does J.D. greet him?
(a) In a threatening manner.
(b) Very coldly.
(c) In a friendly manner.
(d) Indifferently.

14. Roger Whiting, the intern who tended to Karen Randall at the hospital, had come up with what diagnosis for her?
(a) Preeclampsia.
(b) Miscarriage.
(c) Brain hemorrhage.
(d) Anemia.

15. What type of work does Dr. John Berry typically perform in the pathology lab?
(a) He analyzes tissue samples.
(b) He analyzes X-rays.
(c) He isolates viruses.
(d) He gives second opinions.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Roger Whiting respond when John Berry asks him if he plans to settle in Boston?

2. What do John Berry and Frank Conway discuss when John drives Frank to Children's Hospital?

3. What adjective does William Randall use to describe Karen Randall?

4. What example does John give of a disease that is often seen at Boston City Hospital but is practically nonexistent elsewhere?

5. When John Berry gains access to Art Lee in jail, how much time is he given for their meeting?

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