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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 Saint Luke’s Hospital’s in-house counsel during the time that Charles Cullen worked there?

2. Who was the Somerset Medical Center’s risk manager?

3. When did Adrianne finally talk to a lawyer about leaving Charlie, according to the author in Part I: Chapter 7?

4. When does Part I: Chapter 21 begin?

5. What was the main drug that the Saint Luke’s nurses noticed was missing in Part I: Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

1. How much money was Charles Cullen earning in October of 2003, according to the author in Part I: Chapter 1? Where was Charles living?

2. What suspicious situation arose at Saint Barnabas in 1991? How does the author describe this incident?

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

4. When and where did Charles Cullen begin his nursing career? How does the author describe the unit Cullen worked in?

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

6. What was Nancy Doherty’s position at Somerset? Whom did Doherty speak with on the phone in Part I: Chapter 25?

7. Who interviewed Charles Cullen following the murder of Helen Dean?

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

9. What health problems brought Reverend Gall to Somerset Medical? How did he die?

10. How does the author describe Charles Cullen’s childhood in Part I: Chapter 1? How many siblings did Charlie have?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What led to Charles Cullen’s obsession with Michelle Tomlinson? What behaviors did he exhibit toward Michelle that appeared as “warning signs” to her regarding her friend? How did Michelle respond to Charlie’s sentiments?Do you think that if Michelle had shared Charlie’s romantic interest there would have been any issues? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the drug digoxin and the murder of Helen Dean. What is digoxin generally used to treat? From what plant is it derived? How did Charles Cullen know the amount of digoxin that would overdose a patient and lead to cardiac arrest?

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