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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. In Chapter 7, where does Yakov learn the ship is headed?

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 did Abby first meet Mr. Parr as discussed in Chapter 5?

5. Where did Nina Voss meet her husband Victor as discussed in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What goes wrong when Dr. Chao begins plans to transplant Karen Terrio's heart into Josh O'Day?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why is Abby called to Jeremiah Parr's office in Chapter 6? What does this mean for Abby's career?

8. Who is chosen to take the heart to Mass Gen in Chapter 4?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Mark Hodell? How does Abby come to live with Mark? What is their relationship like? How does Abby feel about Mark in the beginning of the novel? How does their relationship change? For what reason? Why does Mark turn on Abby? What did Abby do to hurt Mark? Why is Mark working with the wrong people? What do they have on Mark that forces him to work with them? Is Mark happy with this criminal career? How does the reader know how Mark feels about his situation? What happens to Mark in the end? Is this something Mark deserved? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the team values of the transplant team at Bayside. What does the transplant team expect of their team members? What do they tell Abby about their expectations where she is concerned? Is there anything unusual about these expectations? How do these expectations become more sinister as the plot continues to develop? What do these expectations have to do with Aaron Levi's death? With the money his wife found in a secret bank account? With his wife's disappearance? With the deaths of two other doctors?

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