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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 one requirement is Abby told the transplant team is looking for in a new recruit?

2. What does Nina Voss overhear her husband saying to the doctors in Chapter 3?

3. To whose room is Abby called in Chapter 8?

4. Why is Abby afraid to go to work in the opening pages of Chapter 6?

5. How many women, aside from Abby, are part of the medical staff attending a party at Dr. Archer's in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What makes Yakov think the men on board his freighter ship are doing something illegal?

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

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

5. What does Abby learn in Chapter 5 will be the consequences of what she and Vivien have done?

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

7. What causes the accident that leads to Karen Terrio's brain injury?

8. 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?

9. 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?

10. What does Vivien do in response to Abby's question in Chapter 10 was it all worth it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Nina Voss believes her husband loves her too much? What does that mean? Is it possible to love someone too much? How is Victor Voss making Nina unhappy as she heals from her first transplant surgery? How does Nina feel about this? How does Nina react when she learns her husband might have paid for her new heart? How does Nina feel about her marriage at the end of the novel? How does Nina feel about her impending death? What does this say about Nina's character? How does Nina's character and convictions compare to Victor's?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Vivien Chao? How does the author describe her? What do you think this description says about the character? How does this description influence the reader's reaction to this character? Is the description accurate? Why does Vivien want to get Josh O'Day a heart? What, in Vivien's opinion, is stopping Josh from getting his heart? Is this true? What does Vivien do to get Josh his heart? Has Vivien done anything wrong? Why is Vivien forced to resign over this? Is this fair?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Victor Voss? Why does he attempt to buy a heart for his wife? How does his wife feel about this when she finds out? Why is Voss upset at Abby after a donor heart is given to Josh O'Day? What does Voss attempt to do to Abby in revenge? How does this impact her career? What does Abby learn about Voss that she wishes she could use against him? Why does she not use it against him? What ultimately happens to Voss' wife? For what reason?

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