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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When Arthur Lee refuses Suzanne Blake's request, she says that she will do what?
2. What do John Berry and Frank Conway discuss when John drives Frank to Children's Hospital?
3. Who calls Dr. John Berry during his busiest time in the pathology lab?
4. Even though Lewis Carr, clinical professor of medicine at Boston Memorial, declines to talk with John by phone, he does explain what?
5. As Dr. John Berry recalls past conversations with his friend, Dr. Arthur Lee, what becomes clear?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Mrs. McPherson, and what happens to her?
2. Why does John take a sample of Karen's blood to Dr. Jim Murphy?
3. During the first conversation between J.D. Randall and John Berry, what does the reader learn about Randall's attitude towards Art Lee?
4. Summarize the conversation that takes place between John and Ev outside of the Randall home.
5. Summarize the encounter between John Berry and Roger Whiting, the medical intern who had given Karen penicillin without first checking for allergies.
6. How does J.D. Randall, Karen's father, first attempt to get John Berry to stop working on Art Lee's case?
7. Explain why other doctors let Dr. Frank Conway rant and rave after one of his patients dies.
8. After Dr. John Berry learns that Dr. Art Lee has been arrested, he recalls talking with Art about what serious matter?
9. What does John tell Peter Randall when asked for his opinion about Karen's autopsy findings?
10. When John goes to the radiology department at Memorial Hospital, what does the radiologist tell him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast John Berry's detective and medical sides. How does being a doctor gain him access to valuable information pertaining to his friend's case? What unspoken rules seem to exist between the doctors with whom John works regarding the sharing of information? How is it that, at least initially, John does not arouse more suspicion with his colleagues?
Essay Topic 2
Often, John Berry seems to realize that he speaks his mind too freely and offends people or hurts their feelings. Does he do anything to try to change his gruff directness with people? Does he ever benefit from such brutal candor? If so, how?
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast the marriage of John and Judith with that of Art and Betty. What are John's thoughts about marriage and divorce within the medical community? Why does he dwell on these thoughts at times?
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