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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 was the Nurse Supervisor that praised Charlie Cullen in his performance review in October of 1995 at Hunterdon Hospital?

2. What did Charlie use to break into Michelle’s condo in Part I: Chapter 10?

3. Who was Charlie Cullen’s new nursing supervisor in Part I: Chapter 12?

4. Michelle Tomlinson was a fellow nurse of Charlie Cullen’s in what unit?

5. By what nickname was digoxin called by the nurses in the ICU, according to the author in Part I: Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. What feelings did Charles Cullen have for Michelle Tomlinson? How did Cullen behave toward Tomlinson after their first date?

2. How does the author describe Charles Cullen’s feelings about the changes in the dynamic of male to female nurses in Part I: Chapter 19?

3. Where did Charles Cullen work after leaving Hunterdon Hospital? How was his performance at this institution described?

4. Who advised the medical facilities in and around Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, against hiring Charles Cullen in 2002?

5. What was concluded in the divorce proceedings between Charles Cullen and his wife Adrianne? Where did Charles move?

6. What was the main cause of the marital problems between Charles Cullen and his wife, according to the author in Part I: Chapter 7?

7. What information about her husband did Adrianne Cullen give to the police when she called them in January of 1993?

8. How was Mrs. Helen Dean murdered? When and where was she murdered?

9. What information about Amy Loughren’s health does the author reveal in Part I: Chapter 24?

10. What mental institution did Charles Cullen spend time at in 1993? How long was he there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the decision of Warren Hospital to call Charles Cullen and ask him to return to work there. In what ways was this an ill-advised choice? What did Warren administrators know of Cullen’s arrest for stalking his coworker? Do you think that Warren Hospital is partly to blame for the actions of Charles Cullen in any way? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Charles Cullen’s dismissal from Saint Barnabas and his hire at Warren Hospital. Why do you think it was easy for Cullen to attain employment? Why did the HR department not discover the information about the investigation into Cullen’s activities at Saint Barnabas? How do you think these errors could be remedied to prevent hospitals from hiring an individual with shady performance practices?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the obsessive qualities of Charles Cullen. How did Cullen’s obsession with Nurse Julie mirror his previous stalking of Michelle Tomlinson? How did Nurse Julie respond to Charlie’s admiration? Why were these issues not addressed by hospital administration?

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