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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the doctor performing the autopsy on Karen conclude about a possible abortion?
(a) Karen did not attempt self-abortion.
(b) Karen died from a poorly-performed abortion.
(c) No abortion took place.
(d) Karen had had many abortions.

2. As John talks with people who had known Karen, what name starts to pop up?
(a) Angela.
(b) Justine.
(c) Genevieve.
(d) Alana.

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

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

5. Who is William Harvey Shattuck Randall?
(a) Karen's uncle.
(b) Karen's stepbrother.
(c) Karen's grandfather.
(d) Karen's brother.

6. Why does John want to talk with Alan Zenner?
(a) To learn more about Karen's lifestyle.
(b) To get the names of more friends.
(c) To find out if he's the father of the baby.
(d) To scare him into saying who the abortionist is.

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

8. After meeting with Art in jail, John calls George Bradford and leaves a message. Who is Bradford?
(a) John's supervisor.
(b) Art's attorney.
(c) John's attorney.
(d) Art's mentor.

9. Why does Karen's roommate agree to answer John's questions?
(a) She thinks he is a relative.
(b) She is afraid of being arrested.
(c) She misses Karen terribly.
(d) She thinks he is a lawyer.

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

11. Who has been switching tissue samples in the lab in order to help Art Lee?
(a) Conway.
(b) McPherson.
(c) Sanderson.
(d) Berry.

12. When Frank Conway enters the pathology lab and encounters John Berry, he throws a tantrum over what?
(a) Being insulted by another doctor.
(b) Losing a patient on the operating table.
(c) Having his methods questioned.
(d) Treating the wrong patient.

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

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

15. The person conducting Karen's autopsy determines that the source of her bleeding was what?
(a) A head wound sustained in a fall.
(b) A hole in her stomach.
(c) An abdominal stab wound.
(d) A hole in her uterus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Alan Zenner explains to John that Karen had claimed she was pregnant and was scared about having an abortion, but he _________.

2. What does John want Jim Murphy to do?

3. After John Berry gets an unexpected call in the pathology lab, what does he learn?

4. The last time that William Randall saw Karen, she had talked Uncle Peter into doing what?

5. As Jack Hendricks prepares to do an autopsy on Karen Randall, who arrives and performs the procedure instead?

(see the answer keys)

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