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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. What was Hazel's excuse to her mother to get out of the house so she could see the anatomy demonstration?

2. What did Dr. Beecham amputate from Mr. Butcher?

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

4. What has Dr. Beecham created that will make surgery painless?

5. How did Hazel treat Cook's cut on her hand?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Lady Sinnett and Percy leave Edinburgh in Chapter 10?

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

3. In Chapter 17, Who did Hazel run into after her meeting with Dr. Beecham III

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

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

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

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

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

9. In Chapter 9, what does Jack spend a whole month's paycheck on? Who was it for and why did he buy it?

10. What was Dr. Straine's reason for dismissing Hazel from anatomy classes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The paradox of the ship of Theseus concerns identity. It is about self-identity and how others perceive a person or a thing. Write an essay exploring how this paradox applies to Dr. Beecham. Explore how Beecham changed as a result of becoming immortal and assuming another identity. The original Dr. Beecham seemed to be a man who thought it was important to protect and heal humanity. How is that different from Dr. Beecham III's view? When and why do you think Dr. Beecham's views on humanity and power and purpose changed?

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

Was there anything about the book that did not make sense to you or that you wished the author would have explained more fully? Did that affect your judgment of the book?

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