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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What one requirement is Abby told the transplant team is looking for in a new recruit?
(a) Teamwork.
(b) Good surgical skills.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Loyalty to the patient.

2. What topic does Abby suggest all doctors are afraid to discuss, as stated in Chapter 4?
(a) Money.
(b) Death.
(c) Insurance.
(d) Marriage.

3. In Chapter 7, where does Yakov learn the ship is headed?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) New York.
(c) Boston.
(d) Miami.

4. Who confronts Abby in the MICU in Chapter 5?
(a) Dr. Bill Archer and Dr. Colin Wettig.
(b) Dr. Aaron Levi and Victor Voss?
(c) Mark and Dr. Bill Archer.
(d) Jeremiah Parr and Victor Voss.

5. How does Mark decide to treat the post-op fever in Chapter 9?
(a) A wait and see approach.
(b) Another surgery.
(c) Broad spectrum antibiotics.
(d) Tylenol.

6. Why does Joe Terrio initially refuse to sign the forms to allow his wife's organs to be harvested?
(a) He wants a second opinion.
(b) He wants her to die naturally.
(c) He believes she will recover.
(d) He does not want her organs donated.

7. How much does Gregor offer to Uncle Misha in order to buy the boys from him?
(a) Fifty thousand dollars.
(b) Ten thousand dollars.
(c) Twenty thousand dollars.
(d) One hundred thousand dollars.

8. Who does Abby tell Vivien she believes is behind the law suits and the present left in her car?
(a) Vincent Voss.
(b) Bill Archer.
(c) Jeremiah Parr.
(d) Mark Hodell.

9. Why does Mark's competition end the race early in Chapter 10?
(a) He was called into the hospital.
(b) He decided he could not win.
(c) He got a call from his wife.
(d) He broke a line.

10. Who is Mark racing on his sailboat in Chapter 10?
(a) Bill Archer.
(b) Aaron Levi.
(c) Jeremiah Parr.
(d) Raj Mohandas.

11. What is Yakov's favorite place on ship as described in Chapter 7?
(a) The bridge.
(b) The deck.
(c) The engine room.
(d) The kitchen.

12. Why does Karen Terrio tell the reader she is driving in the middle of the night?
(a) Returning from a two week vacation.
(b) Returning home from her Aunt Dorothy's funeral.
(c) Going home from work.
(d) Going home from a business trip.

13. Who are Nadiya and Gregor?
(a) Strangers who have come to take the boys and get them adopted in America.
(b) The parents who have come to adopt Yakov and his three siblings.
(c) Yakov's aunt and uncle.
(d) Friends of Uncle Misha.

14. In Chapter 7, from what port does the reader learn the freight ship is traveling?
(a) Smolensk.
(b) Riga.
(c) Murmansk.
(d) Vladivostok.

15. What is a direct donation?
(a) When a patient decides who should get his stuff if he dies.
(b) When you take an item to be donated directly to the donation site.
(c) A patient's family chooses who should get their loved one's organs.
(d) When a doctor chooses who should get a patient's organs.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Vivien Chao argue Josh O'Day's need for the heart intended for Nina Voss?

2. Where is Yakov from?

3. What does Mary Allen say to Abby when she visits her in the SICU in Chapter 6?

4. What occupation does Yakov wish he was allowed to participate in?

5. Why does Karen decide not to pull over and sleep despite her exhaustion?

(see the answer keys)

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