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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. After Mrs. McPherson dies during heart surgery, how long does the surgeon spend trying to revive her?
2. What does John want Jim Murphy to do?
3. Without being asked, William Randall makes sure that John Berry knows what?
4. In John's commentary on Boston City Hospital, he explains that the facility __________.
5. Who has been switching tissue samples in the lab in order to help Art Lee?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Mrs. McPherson, and what happens to her?
2. Explain why John wants to help Art Lee even though other doctors are willing to let him be a scapegoat for Karen's death.
3. When John Berry spends ten minutes with Art Lee after his arrest, what does Art explain about Karen Randall?
4. Who is Alan Zenner, and why does John talk with him?
5. Summarize John Berry's phone conversation with Dr. Sanderson, head of the pathology labs, following his unfruitful meeting with Art Lee's attorney.
6. Summarize how John Berry describes Boston City Hospital.
7. John Berry compares his puzzlement over Art Lee's case with "the Peru case." What is the Peru case to which he refers?
8. What does John Berry say about Dr. Conway's manner of conducting autopsies?
9. Describe the connection between Suzanne Blake and Art Lee.
10. How does being a doctor help John with his unofficial investigation of Karen's death?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
In his detective work, John is able to put together the pieces of the puzzle through a combination of what people tell him and what lab results indicate. Give two examples of each, stating what secrets are unlocked in each case.
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast how Karen Randall as seen by her family with how she is seen by her college friends. Why does she present herself one way to her family and another way to her friends? Does anybody even know the "real" Karen, or is everyone fooled by her fabrications?
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