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

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

3. John offers several scenarios under which an autopsy would be performed. Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons he presents?
(a) The patient dies within a day of arriving at the hospital.
(b) The patient dies under violent or unusual circumstances.
(c) The patient is related to a hospital staff member.
(d) The patient is dead upon arrival at the hospital.

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

5. After Mrs. McPherson dies during heart surgery, how long does the surgeon spend trying to revive her?
(a) Six hours.
(b) Seventy-two minutes.
(c) Thirty-five minutes.
(d) Three hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. Typically, when is John Berry's busiest time in the pathology lab?

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

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

4. In talking to Karen's roommate, John learns that Karen had claimed what?

5. Jim Murphy agrees to John's request on what condition?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize the conversation that takes place between John and Ev outside of the Randall home.

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

3. How does J.D. Randall deflect pointed questions John Berry asks of him during their first conversation?

4. Summarize the encounter between John Berry and Roger Whiting, the medical intern who had given Karen penicillin without first checking for allergies.

5. Who is Alan Zenner, and why does John talk with him?

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

7. When John Berry spends ten minutes with Art Lee after his arrest, what does Art explain about Karen Randall?

8. Why does John decline to help when he is asked if he wants to assist with Karen's autopsy?

9. Summarize how John Berry describes Boston City Hospital.

10. Why has George Bradford declined to take Art Lee's case?

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