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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. Whose body do Mark and Abby learn was found in the end of Chapter 10?

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

3. How does Abby feel about riding on Mark's sailboat in Chapter 10?

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

5. What does Abby find on the x-ray of the post-op fever patient's chest in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following relationships in detail:

1) Abby and Mark

2) Abby and Kaftka

3) Abby and Yakov

4) Abby and Vivien.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the overall lesson and/or controversy of this novel. This novel discusses some very important moral questions about modern medicine. Discuss what these moral questions are and how they are addressed in this novel. Cite examples or offer quotes from the novel to support your conclusions.

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