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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. How many doctors are named in the lawsuit regarding the death of Karen Terrio as discussed in Chapter 6?
2. Where did Abby first meet Mr. Parr as discussed in Chapter 5?
3. What does Mary Allen say to Abby when she visits her in the SICU in Chapter 6?
4. Why do the nurses applaud Abby in Chapter 6?
5. Why does the clerk refuse to sell beer to Vince Lawry?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is chosen to take the heart to Mass Gen in Chapter 4?
2. Why is Abby called to Jeremiah Parr's office in Chapter 6? What does this mean for Abby's career?
3. What does Victor Voss do when he finds Abby in his wife's room in Chapter 9? What does Mark suggest Abby do about it?
4. What doctor becomes interested in Karen Terrio's organs? For what reason?
5. What does Mark tell Abby about the harvest at Wilcox Memorial Hospital that causes her to feel assured that the harvest took place there despite her earlier phone call? Who did the harvest?
6. What goes wrong when Dr. Chao begins plans to transplant Karen Terrio's heart into Josh O'Day?
7. Why does the transplant team invite Abby to join them on a heart transplant in chapter 6? What is the reason Abby might have refused?
8. What does Abby say about the morphine she orders for Mary Allen in Chapter 6?
9. Why is Mary Allen in the SICU? What is her prognosis?
10. What does Yakov do for a living before being taken to America by Nadiya and Gregor? For what reason?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss selling organs for money. Why would someone buy an organ? Is it morally right to pay for an organ? What happens to people who cannot pay for an organ? Where did the Russians get the organs they were selling? Is what they were doing right? What arguments can be made for the harvesting of organs from living donors? What argument can be made against the harvesting of organs from living donors? Which side does the author of this book come down on? What is your opinion?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the setting of the novel in detail, including discussion about each of the following:
1) Bayside Hospital
2) Massachusetts General Hospital
3) Boston
4) The freight ship.
Essay Topic 3
Why are children routinely taken off the freight ship? Where are they going? What does the helicopter come for? What is behind the locked blue door? Why does Yakov want to go behind the blue door? How come Yakov panics when it is his turn to go behind the blue door? What happens to Aleksei when he goes behind the blue door? Why do the other children think the boys are disappearing? Why does no one question the activities taking place on the freight ship?
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