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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. How many women, aside from Abby, are part of the medical staff attending a party at Dr. Archer's in Chapter 3?
(a) Ten.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) None.

4. How old does Yakov claim he was when he began smoking?
(a) Seven.
(b) Eight.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Eleven.

5. What is the name of Mark's sailboat?
(a) Gimme Kindness.
(b) Gimme More.
(c) Gimme Help.
(d) Gimme Shelter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the nurses applaud Abby in Chapter 6?

2. Why does Victor Voss go to Jeremiah Parr in Chapter 6 and insist that Abby be fired?

3. In Chapter 8, what does Victor give Nina as a reason for the bad dreams she is having?

4. What mineral do the doctors inject into Karen Terrio's heart to stop it from beating in Chapter 4?

5. How does Mark decide to treat the post-op fever in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is chosen to take the heart to Mass Gen in Chapter 4?

2. Why is Mary Allen in the SICU? What is her prognosis?

3. Why does Abby visit Nina Voss in Chapter 8? How does Nina Voss react to this visit?

4. Why is there such an abrupt end to Mark and Abby's sailing trip in Chapter 10?

5. Why does Abby call Wilcox Memorial Hospital in Vermont about Nina Voss' donor in Chapter 8?

6. To what inner sanctum does Dr. Bill Archer invite Abby? For what reason?

7. What does Gregor do to Uncle Misha after the boys leave the apartment?

8. How does Nina Voss feel about her impending death? How does this compare to the feelings of her husband?

9. Who attempts to stop the delivery of Karen Terrio's heart to Mass Gen in Chapter 5?

10. What doctor becomes interested in Karen Terrio's organs? For what reason?

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