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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. Where does Bernard live?

2. Who was the woman that Lady Sinnett and Hazel saw when they arrived Le Grand Leon?

3. What was Bernard's invitation to Hazel when he came to call on Hazel with flowers?

4. Why did Bernard bring the type of flowers to Hazel that he did?

5. How did Hazel react the next morning after being dismissed from class by Dr. Straine?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 8, Where did Hazel go with her mother? What did they do?

2. Why did Hazel want to stay behind when her mother and Percy left for Bath? How did she manage to stay behind?

3. What “performance” did Hazel want to see? How did she end up getting in?

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

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

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

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

8. What was the innovation that Dr. Beecham III used in the live surgery demonstration to make his patient unconscious and remove the potential for pain?

9. What was the lesson that Hazel thought the play was trying to preach?

10. Why was Lady Sinnett so afraid of Roman fever?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Currently, in the United States, it is illegal to sell an organ. Kidneys, blood, and any other organ are solely donation based. Yet people can live with one kidney and easily sell their blood with no negative health effects. There are tens of thousands of people in the U.S. waiting for a kidney. Do you think that people should be allowed to sell their kidneys or their blood if the want to? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring what struck you as the differences between 1800's Scotland and the modern U.S. Think about the difference in opportunity, the different hardships, the difference or similarities around wealth and poverty, and social and gender roles.

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