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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Roger Whiting respond when John Berry asks him if he plans to settle in Boston?
(a) "Absolutely."
(b) "Maybe."
(c) "Are you joking?"
(d) "I was."

2. As Jack Hendricks prepares to do an autopsy on Karen Randall, John is somewhat taken aback by what?
(a) Jack's lack of experience.
(b) The presence of a group of medical interns.
(c) Jack's lack of hygiene.
(d) The absence of nurses and technicians.

3. Even though Lewis Carr, clinical professor of medicine at Boston Memorial, declines to talk with John by phone, he does explain what?
(a) That Art had nothing to do with Karen.
(b) That Karen's autopsy is about to take place.
(c) That Art used to be a well-respected doctor.
(d) That Karen's mother is threatening to sue the hospital.

4. When John talks to a radiologist named Hughes about Karen's head X-rays, what does he learn?
(a) Karen had had a nervous breakdown.
(b) Karen had been a hypochondriac.
(c) Someone has tampered with the X-rays.
(d) The X-rays show no abnormalities.

5. Why does John call Lewis Carr after meeting with the medical intern?
(a) He needs a ride home.
(b) He wants to know if the police have come by.
(c) He does not believe what the intern just told him.
(d) He really wants to see Karen's charts.

6. During Suzanne Blake's first trimester of pregnancy, what does she contract?
(a) Measles.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Chicken Pox.
(d) Polio.

7. When John speaks with George Bradford, what does he realize?
(a) George believes Art is guilty.
(b) George is incompetent.
(c) George is about to retire.
(d) George cares only about money.

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

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

10. During Karen Randall's autopsy, the stretchmarks noted on her body indicate what?
(a) Unusual growth spurt.
(b) Unusual skin type.
(c) Recent weight gain.
(d) Recent pregnancy.

11. When John finds a regular bottle of prescription medicine in Karen's room, what does he do?
(a) He throws the bottle away to discard evidence.
(b) He writes down the prescription number and takes a pill with him.
(c) He notices that it is penicillin and is baffled.
(d) He searches for other medications.

12. How does John Berry react to Roger Whiting's self-pity?
(a) He wants to tell Roger to get used to making mistakes.
(b) He feels like laughing out loud, but holds back.
(c) He tells Roger that he should move to another city.
(d) He wants to hug Roger and tell him it will be alright.

13. What example does John give of a disease that is often seen at Boston City Hospital but is practically nonexistent elsewhere?
(a) Polio.
(b) Tetanus.
(c) Scurvy.
(d) Measles.

14. Why is John surprised when he learns that J.D. Randall is in the operating room performing open-heart surgery?
(a) His daughter had died the previous evening.
(b) Randall is supposed to be at the police station.
(c) Randall does not have enough experience for this procedure.
(d) His wife has been hospitalized.

15. The police sergeant allows John Berry in to see Dr. Lee after he mistakenly thinks what?
(a) Berry wants Lee imprisoned.
(b) Berry is Lee's attorney.
(c) Berry is a private investigator.
(d) Berry is Lee's supervisor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Without being asked, William Randall makes sure that John Berry knows what?

2. When John goes to the Randall's house after talking with the radiologist and checking with the pharmacy, whom does he see?

3. What does the doctor performing the autopsy on Karen conclude about a possible abortion?

4. What does John learn from Judith and Betty about George Bradford, Art's lawyer?

5. Who is William Harvey Shattuck Randall?

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