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

2. The police sergeant allows John Berry in to see Dr. Lee after he mistakenly thinks what?
(a) Berry wants Lee imprisoned.
(b) Berry is a private investigator.
(c) Berry is Lee's supervisor.
(d) Berry is Lee's attorney.

3. What does John learn from Judith and Betty about George Bradford, Art's lawyer?
(a) He will not return their calls.
(b) He will not take the case.
(c) He is about to take a two-week vacation.
(d) He has just been hospitalized after an accident.

4. As John stops to watch an open-heart surgical operation, he compares it to what?
(a) A well-rehearsed Broadway play.
(b) A scene from an old B movie.
(c) A surrealistic ballet.
(d) A baseball game where the points matter.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. Roger Whiting tells John Berry that he had given Karen Randall penicillin __________.

5. At Smith College, how does John get past the receptionist in the dorm rooms?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Summarize how John Berry describes Boston City Hospital.

5. Describe the connection between Suzanne Blake and Art Lee.

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

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

8. When John goes to the radiology department at Memorial Hospital, what does the radiologist tell him?

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

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

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