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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 does Mary Allen's niece accuse Abby of when she arrives at the hospital after her aunt's death in Chapter 12?

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

3. Why does Yakov tell Aleksei he no longer wants to be adopted by an American family in Chapter 14?

4. What does Elaine have too much of at her husband's wake?

5. How does Abby get into the Levi house in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Nina Voss believes her husband loves her too much? What does that mean? Is it possible to love someone too much? How is Victor Voss making Nina unhappy as she heals from her first transplant surgery? How does Nina feel about this? How does Nina react when she learns her husband might have paid for her new heart? How does Nina feel about her marriage at the end of the novel? How does Nina feel about her impending death? What does this say about Nina's character? How does Nina's character and convictions compare to Victor's?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the setting of the novel in detail, including discussion about each of the following:

1) Bayside Hospital

2) Massachusetts General Hospital

3) Boston

4) The freight ship.

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