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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 calls Abby out of surgery in Chapter 13?

2. What does the injection of succinylcholine say about Aaron Levi's death?

3. What does an article in the newspaper claims caused Abby to kill Mary Allen in Chapter 20?

4. What habit does Elaine say Aaron got into in the final years of his life as a member of the transplant team at Bayside?

5. What is Wonderland?

Short Essay Questions

1. What complaints does Elaine's mother-in-law make about her method of grieving in Chapter 11?

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

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

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

5. What does Mr. Parr do to Abby in Chapter 13 after searching her locker? Why?

6. Who are the passengers in the aft cabin as discussed in Chapter 14?

7. Who is the woman praying at Mary Allen's bedside in Chapter 11? What does she want Abby to do for Mary Allen?

8. Where does Yakov see Nadiya take Aleksei in Chapter 19? Where does Yakov think Aleksei is going?

9. Where does Abby go to find answers on Kunstler and Hennessy? Who sees her there and chases her down for a discussion?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

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?

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