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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Typically, when is John Berry's busiest time in the pathology lab?
(a) During the late afternoon.
(b) Right before midnight.
(c) During the early hours of the morning.
(d) Right before lunchtime.

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

3. Art Lee tells John Berry that when Karen Randall left his office, he was under the impression that she __________.
(a) Was going to have an abortion in another country.
(b) Had decided to give her child up for adoption.
(c) Was relieved that he refused to do an abortion.
(d) Had decided to have her baby.

4. Roger Whiting tells John Berry that he had given Karen Randall penicillin __________.
(a) Because she had demanded it.
(b) Without first consulting her medical charts.
(c) Because her mother said she had no drug allergies.
(d) When he really meant to prescribe steroids instead.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When John talks to a radiologist named Hughes about Karen's head X-rays, what does he learn?

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

4. When John goes to Smith College to investigate more about Karen, he speaks with Karen's roommate. What is her name?

5. When John meets with Dr. Peter Randall in his lab, what does he learn?

Short Essay Questions

1. When John finally talks with Peter Randall directly, what key pieces of information does he learn?

2. While John Berry does his work in the pathology lab during the busiest part of the day, who calls him, and why?

3. How does being a doctor help John with his unofficial investigation of Karen's death?

4. What key details does John learn about Karen from her roommate Ginnie?

5. Who is Mrs. McPherson, and what happens to her?

6. Why do the police arrest Art Lee?

7. During the first conversation between J.D. Randall and John Berry, what does the reader learn about Randall's attitude towards Art Lee?

8. According to John, autopsies are required to be performed under what circumstances?

9. What does John tell Peter Randall when asked for his opinion about Karen's autopsy findings?

10. Why does John take a sample of Karen's blood to Dr. Jim Murphy?

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