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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 does Vivien tell Abby when she suggests she take some of the blame for the Josh O'Day drama?

2. How old does Yakov claim he was when he began smoking?

3. In Chapter 8, what does Nina want to know about the boy who donated a heart to her?

4. How old is Josh O'Day?

5. What what caused the death of the family member Abby sees in her dreams in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. What does Yakov do for a living before being taken to America by Nadiya and Gregor? For what reason?

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

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

7. What does Abby say about the morphine she orders for Mary Allen in Chapter 6?

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Abby DiMatteo? What is her job? At what point is she in her training? What does Abby's future look like as the novel begins? Why do things turn in a different direction? Why does Abby work with Vivien Chao to get a heart for Josh O'Day? Is what they have done wrong? What might someone else have done in the same situation? Who should have gotten the heart? Why does the pattern of harassment begin after this takes place? Who is doing it? For what reason?

Essay Topic 2

Abby is taken into Bayside after an accident and she becomes convinced that she could be murdered. Discus this. Who might murder Abby? For what reason? Who does Abby fear? For what reason? What lab tests tell the police that Abby was drunk at the time of the crash? Was she? How could this lab test be manipulated? In how much danger is a patient really in the hospital? Are all patients in danger in a hospital? Is it possible for a doctor to make a mistake that could wrongly injure a patient? What happens in these situations?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the decision of Vivien and Abby to take the heart meant for Nina Voss to save Josh O'Day's life. What do they do? For what reason? Who performs the surgery? What might have happened if they had not gotten Josh a heart that day? What eventually happens to Josh? What happens to Nina Voss? Who should have gotten the heart? Who has the right to decide who gets an organ? What type of system is there that deals with this sort of decision making? Why did it not work in this case?

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