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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. On what date did Charles Cullen inject Francis Henry’s IV with a whopping dose of insulin, leading to diabetic shock?
2. Who was the day charge nurse at Saint Luke’s that noticed the drugs were going missing at the hospital “in spurts,” according to the author in Part I: Chapter 20?
3. How much money did Charlie Cullen earn when he took at job at Morristown Memorial Hospital, according to the narrator in Part I: Chapter 15?
4. What day of the week does the author describe June 1, 2002 as in Part I: Chapter 20?
5. In discussing Adrianne’s doubts about Charlie’s behavior, the author says in Part I: Chapter 7, “It was inconceivable that at an institution entrusted with human lives, the staff weren’t at least as carefully regulated as the stocks of” what?
Short Essay Questions
1. When and where did Charles Cullen attend nursing school? Where did he meet his wife at this time?
2. What contents were discovered in the sharps box in the medical storage room in Part I: Chapter 21?
3. When did Charles Cullen begin working at Hunterdon Hospital? How was his performance there described in Part I: Chapter 14?
4. How was Mrs. Helen Dean murdered? When and where was she murdered?
5. What mental institution did Charles Cullen spend time at in 1993? How long was he there?
6. What information about Amy Loughren’s health does the author reveal in Part I: Chapter 24?
7. How does the author describe the importance of the Pennsylvania border to Charles Cullen in Part I: Chapter 16?
8. Where did Charles Cullen and his wife purchase a home, according to the author in Part I: Chapter 3? What kind of work did Cullen’s wife do?
9. What feelings did Charles Cullen have for Michelle Tomlinson? How did Cullen behave toward Tomlinson after their first date?
10. What was concluded in the divorce proceedings between Charles Cullen and his wife Adrianne? Where did Charles move?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the dead ends that detectives Braun and Bowers experienced when dealing with Somerset Medical Center as they opened their investigation. Why was Somerset Medical unwilling to share the information from their internal investigation with the detectives? What obstacles did this create for Bowers and Braun?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the position of the New Jersey Poison Control director, Dr. Steven Marcus, regarding the incidents at Somerset Medical Center. Why was Dr. Marcus outraged at the actions of the Somerset Medical staff? Whom did he contact once he realized that Somerset Medical was not going to go to the authorities? What effect did this have?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze and discuss the narrative style of the book. Does Graeber relate the story from a first, second or third person point of view? What effects does this have on the reader? How would the book differ if it were related from a different narrative perspective?
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