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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ferguson do when Cunningham orders him out of the room?
(a) He hits him on the jaw.
(b) He leaves.
(c) He remains.
(d) He pages Hochberg.

2. Cunningham tells Barbara ______________________.
(a) To page Ferguson.
(b) To take orders from him.
(c) To get him some coffee.
(d) To bring the parents back into the room.

3. What does Barbara do when Ferguson speaks sharply to her?
(a) Cries.
(b) Drops a hypodermic needle.
(c) Snaps back at him.
(d) Runs out of the room.

4. What does Ferguson want another nurse to bring?
(a) Security guard.
(b) Clean linens.
(c) A syringe of glucose.
(d) Privacy papers.

5. Which of the following do the doctors and interns not do in this room?
(a) Scrub.
(b) Relax.
(c) Study.
(d) Talk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ferguson and Laura get into an argument on the phone about whether he should __________________________.

2. Which doctor asks Dr. Hochberg for a consultation on a patient?

3. What is of concern on the x-ray that Dr. Levine has brought in to Dr. Hochberg?

4. Who is the shabbily dressed young man?

5. What does Dr. Hochberg ask Dr. Levine if he has brought in addition to the x-ray?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the mention of Barbara's abortion foreshadow for Ferguson?

2. Why does Hochberg arrange for Laura to observe Ferguson in surgery?

3. What shocking information does Spencer reveal to Hochberg at the conclusion of the meeting/

4. How does Ferguson try to appease Laura after breaking their party plans?

5. How does Barbara's butchered abortion add to the ongoing discussion about medical care reform?

6. Why is Spencer unnerved about the rejection of a senator's son into the internship program?

7. How is Laura contrasted against Mrs. D'Andrea?

8. What is the setting of Act 3?

9. What can now be inferred about what happened between Barbara and Ferguson after the end of Act 1?

10. In what ways does the author show that Ferguson's true calling is medicine?

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