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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 Abby notice in Chapter 6 about the heart being donated to Nina Voss?

2. Why does Joe Terrio initially refuse to sign the forms to allow his wife's organs to be harvested?

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

4. Where does Abby suggest the post-op fever is coming from in her patient in Chapter 9?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What does Dr. Chao decide to do to make sure that Josh O'Day receives a heart?

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

5. Why does Abby try so hard to impress Dr. Wettig while presenting her patient?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Bernard Kaftka? What tragedy took place in his past? How did Kaftka react to that tragedy? What does Kaftka do for a living? How does he meet Abby? How do Abby and Kaftka find themselves thrown together? How does Kaftka nearly die in Abby's company? How does Kaftka rescue Abby in the end? What are Kaftka's feelings for Abby? Why does Kaftka not believe Abby when she insists she was not driving drunk the night of her accident? Does Kaftka come to believe her later? Why?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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