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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. The author notes in Part I: Chapter 21 that “Overdose by vecuronium bromide would be much like” what?

2. What kind of car does the author describe Charlie Cullen driving in Part I: Chapter 1?

3. How many siblings did Charlie Cullen have?

4. What was the name of the manor that Brooke Astor (nee Kuser) lived at in Somerset County, New Jersey?

5. Who was the New Jersey Poison Control director in 2003?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Whom did Dr. Steven Marcus contact regarding the deaths at Somerset Medical Center? Why?

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

10. How does the author describe the importance of the Pennsylvania border to Charles Cullen in Part I: Chapter 16?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the suicide attempts of Charles Cullen. How old was Cullen when he first attempted suicide? Did Cullen’s suicide gestures indicate that he was truly attempting to kill himself or did they suggest he was reaching out for help? Why would that make a difference in assessing Cullen’s psychology?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the drugs discovered in the sharps bin at Saint Luke’s and Charles Cullen’s motivations for stealing and stashing these medications. Why do you think Cullen used the sharps bin as a storage place? How many of the drugs found here were capable of killing someone?

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