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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At Smith College, how does John get past the receptionist in the dorm rooms?
(a) He claims to be Karen's uncle.
(b) He bribes her with chocolate.
(c) He claims to be Karen's doctor.
(d) He bribes her with compliments.

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

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

4. Peter Randall explains to John that he had ordered head X-rays for Karen because she had been complaining of what?
(a) Migraine headaches.
(b) Vision loss.
(c) Hearing loss.
(d) Neck pain.

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

6. What adjective does William Randall use to describe Karen Randall?
(a) Reserved.
(b) Bubbly.
(c) Cruel.
(d) Silly.

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

8. When John contacts the pharmacy to learn more about Karen's prescription, he learns that she was taking what?
(a) A placebo.
(b) Blood pressure medicine.
(c) Antibiotics.
(d) Pain relief medication.

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

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) Walter Randall, her brother and a medical intern.
(b) Peter Randall, her uncle and physician.
(c) Jennifer Randall, her sister and nurse.
(d) J.D. Randall, her father and one of the chief surgeons.

11. When John Berry tells Arthur Lee that continuing to perform abortions is insane, Lee defends himself by saying what?
(a) Everyone in the hospital knows what he is doing.
(b) The police are in on it.
(c) Women's lives are complicated.
(d) It is often the humane answer.

12. In talking to Karen's roommate, John learns that Karen had claimed what?
(a) She had come from a poor family.
(b) She had believed someone wanted her dead.
(c) She had had abortions before entering college.
(d) She had never slept with anyone.

13. When John Berry gains access to Art Lee in jail, how much time is he given for their meeting?
(a) Thirty minutes.
(b) Two minutes.
(c) Ten minutes.
(d) Twenty minutes.

14. What does John want Jim Murphy to do?
(a) Run a background check on Art.
(b) Test Karen's blood.
(c) Review Karen's case.
(d) Analyze Karen's DNA.

15. Jim Murphy agrees to John's request on what condition?
(a) That afterwards, John reveals the person's identity.
(b) That John and his wife join him for dinner.
(c) That afterwards, John takes him out for a beer.
(d) That John keeps him updated about the murder case.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John say in response to the Randall family's belief that Karen had paid Art Lee three hundred dollars for an abortion?

2. Roger Whiting explains to John Berry that Karen Randall's most prominent symptom was what?

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

4. Why is John surprised when he learns that J.D. Randall is in the operating room performing open-heart surgery?

5. During Suzanne Blake's first trimester of pregnancy, what does she contract?

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