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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. In what city does the book take place?

2. Who helps Hazel with her disguise?

3. How did Roman fever get its name?

4. What is Hazel's older brother's name?

5. How are Hazel and Bernard related?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 9, What was Jack's memory of how he learned about resurrection men?

2. What are the circumstances, mentioned in the excerpt before Chapter 5, surrounding Dr. Beecham's later years and subsequent death?

3. Why did Hazel have to disguise herself in order to attend Anatomy class? How did she manage to do it?

4. In Chapter 1, What did Hazel find on her walk and what did she do with it?

5. How did Hazel distinguish herself on the first day of anatomy classes?

6. What was Hazel's plan to get back into anatomy classes? What was the result?

7. When was the first time readers see Hazel healing someone? What did she do?

8. What were the circumstances regarding Hazel's dismissal from anatomy classes?

9. What was Hazel's attitude about the lesson the play was preaching?

10. What were Davey and Munro doing in the kirkyard (graveyard) during the opening scene of the book? Why were they doing it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay discussing the role of parents in Anatomy: A Love Story. Why do you think the parents are largely absent from the story? What do you think of Lady Sinnett as a parent?

Essay Topic 2

Lady Sinnett, Hazel's mother shows her love for Hazel and for Percy in very different ways. What are the ways that the reader can tell that Lady Sinnet loves and cares about Hazel and her future well-being? Is Lady Sinnett's love for Percy healthy? Do you think it would have been supportive to Hazel if Lady Sinnet had paid more attention to her? Do you think Hazel would still have been able to treat all those people, find out about Dr. Beecham's secret and save Jack?

Essay Topic 3

Hazel and Dr. Beecham have two opposing views about medical advancement and progress. Write an essay defining Dr. Beecham's view and make a case for the validity of his view.

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