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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 other organ(s) that could have been harvested from the donor does Dr. Wettig express concern about in Chapter 12?

2. What account did Elaine find after her husband had died?

3. What surprises Abby about what she finds in the Levi home in Chapter 16?

4. Why are there people waiting for Abby outside Mr. Parr's office in Chapter 17?

5. What is Shu-Shu?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Helen Lewis from NEOB call Abby? What does she tell Abby?

2. Why does Abby begin to think she is being followed by a van in Chapter 15? What does she do about it?

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

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

5. What really happens behind the blue door in Chapter 19?

6. Why does Abby suspect that Mark is in on the sale of human organs? What danger does Vivien suggest this poses for Abby?

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

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

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 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

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

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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