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

2. When John speaks with George Bradford, what does he realize?

3. When John Berry gains access to Art Lee in jail, how much time is he given for their meeting?

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

5. During Suzanne Blake's first trimester of pregnancy, what does she contract?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does John Berry say about Dr. Conway's manner of conducting autopsies?

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

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. After Dr. John Berry learns that Dr. Art Lee has been arrested, he recalls talking with Art about what serious matter?

6. What are some of the major findings made during Karen Randall's autopsy?

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

8. Summarize John Berry's phone conversation with Dr. Sanderson, head of the pathology labs, following his unfruitful meeting with Art Lee's attorney.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Almost from the start, tension exists between John and several other characters. Cite specific examples when this tension works against John and when it works in his favor in his interactions with the following characters:

1. Captain Peterson.

2. J.D. Randall.

3. Roman Jones.

Essay Topic 2

Throughout most of the story, it is unclear whether or not Karen was actually pregnant. Discuss all the indications for and against a pregnancy's actually existing. Include what people say and what is discovered through lab tests. Why are the lab tests inconclusive? How do the results leave John Berry confused? In the end, was she or was she not pregnant?

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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