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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. Who does Vivien tell Abby was killed by carbon monoxide in his house along with his wife and baby?

2. Who wakes Aleksei in the middle of the night in Chapter 19?

3. To where does Abby follow the doctor she saw coming out of Amity Medical Supplies?

4. Where does Abby realize she has seen Bernard Katzka before?

5. What special day does Mark remind Abby of in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mary Allen die? Who pronounces her death?

2. For what reason does Abby lose her job completely at the end of Chapter 17?

3. What story does Abby tell Katzka and Lundquist in Chapter 18? Do they believe her?

4. What happens to Yakov at the end of Chapter 19? What does this suggest about his chances of survival?

5. Why is Abby's locker searched in Chapter 13? What is found?

6. What does Jeremiah Parr decide to do with the information given him by Abby in Chapter 12 regarding Nina Voss' heart transplant?

7. How does Abby react when Detective Bernard Katzka comes to speak to her about Mary Allen? Why?

8. Why does Yakov dislike Nadiya?

9. Of whom does Yakov dream in Chapter 14? What does she look like?

10. How does Mark react when Abby asks him about the deaths of Kunstler and Hennessy? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Abby is accused of medical malpractice several times in this novel. What is malpractice? What is someone claiming Abby did wrong? Why does Mary Allen's niece not want her aunt to get morphine? What is Abby overheard saying about administering morphine to Mary Allen? Why does Abby become angry and abusive toward the niece when she objects to the administration of morphine? Did Abby want to kill Mary Allen? What benefit would Abby get from killing Mary Allen? Why is Abby accused of this murder? What evidence is there? What is the end result of this evidence?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the actions of Tarasoff in this novel. Why does Abby turn to Ivan Tarasoff when she escapes Bayside? What does Tarasoff tell Abby to make her feel safe in his care? What does Tarasoff do to Abby? How does Tarasoff explain his actions? What is Tarasoff's motivation? Why did the author hide Tarasoff's part in the organ selling business? What about Tarasoff should have tipped the reader off to his actions? Did it? What will happen to Tarasoff in the end?

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