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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. How old was Amy’s daughter in Part II: Chapter 47?

2. Tim assessed in Part II: Chapter 48 that Charles Cullen had been killing patients for how many years?

3. Who wrote the memo that Somerset Medical sent to Danny Baldwin and Tim Braun in Part II: Chapter 31?

4. Who did Danny pay a visit to in order to discuss the possible murder of her brother in Part II: Chapter 38?

5. What is Tim Braun’s hometown, according to the author in Part II: Chapter 29?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whom did Amy want to discuss the issue about before making a decision to help the detectives in Charlie’s case? What did she decide?

2. Where was a search warrant served during Charles Cullen’s interrogation in Part II: Chapter 55? What was found?

3. What revelations did Amy Loughren have when studying Charles Cullen’s charts in Part II: Chapter 49?

4. What discovery did Amy Loughren make at Somerset Medical that led her to grasp how Charles Cullen was able to obtain medications in Part II: Chapter 51?

5. How was Danny Bowers and Tim Braun’s meeting with Dr. Steven Marcus described in Part II: Chapter 36?

6. Why did Tim Braun tell his detectives to question the nurses at Somerset Medical about Amy Loughren?

7. Who had gone to the authorities regarding the incidents at Saint Luke’s? Why?

8. How did Amy Loughren learn of Charles Cullen’s termination from Somerset Medical? How did she respond?

9. What new records had Danny and Tim obtained from Somerset Medical in Part II: Chapter 43? What did Danny and Tim glean from the reports?

10. What did Amy say to Charles Cullen during their lunch date in Part II: Chapter 59?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How does Charles Cullen differ from the multitudes of other serial killers in his methods, motives, and psychology? What assessments were made of Cullen at the psych ward at Muhlenberg? What assessments were made by psychiatrists at Greystone?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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