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

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

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

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

5. J.D. Randall questions John Berry's what?
(a) Skill.
(b) Motives.
(c) Integrity.
(d) Character.

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. When John goes looking for Karen's chart, he learns that it is in the possession of whom?

3. What adjective does William Randall use to describe Karen Randall?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why John wants to help Art Lee even though other doctors are willing to let him be a scapegoat for Karen's death.

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

3. Summarize how John Berry describes Boston City Hospital.

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

5. Why does Roger Whiting come up with "miscarriage" as a diagnosis for Karen's condition?

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

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

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

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

10. How does J.D. Randall, Karen's father, first attempt to get John Berry to stop working on Art Lee's case?

(see the answer keys)

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