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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. According to Carr, who called the police after Karen's death?
2. What does John want Jim Murphy to do?
3. As John watches the autopsy conducted on Karen Randall, he discovers that her cause of death was systemic anaphylaxis, which is what?
4. Who calls Dr. John Berry during his busiest time in the pathology lab?
5. What type of work does Dr. John Berry typically perform in the pathology lab?
Short Essay Questions
1. Summarize the conversation that takes place between John and Ev outside of the Randall home.
2. Summarize the encounter between John Berry and Roger Whiting, the medical intern who had given Karen penicillin without first checking for allergies.
3. How does J.D. Randall, Karen's father, first attempt to get John Berry to stop working on Art Lee's case?
4. Why does Roger Whiting come up with "miscarriage" as a diagnosis for Karen's condition?
5. Why does John decline to help when he is asked if he wants to assist with Karen's autopsy?
6. When John Berry spends ten minutes with Art Lee after his arrest, what does Art explain about Karen Randall?
7. Who is Alan Zenner, and why does John talk with him?
8. While John Berry does his work in the pathology lab during the busiest part of the day, who calls him, and why?
9. Why do the police arrest Art Lee?
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
Discuss some of the instances when John Berry poses as someone else: for example, a police officer, an attorney, a relative, a drug buyer. Why does he pose as someone he is not? In each case, what information does he gain? Can it be argued that "the end justifies the means?" Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Explain why the police are not more cooperative and helpful with the Lee family when hecklers attack their home. Why are the police dragging their feet? How does John intervene? How does he secure police protection for the family?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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