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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Eddie's nickname?
(a) Eddie the Runtlover.
(b) Eat My Dust Eddie.
(c) Fat Eddie.
(d) See You in Hell Eddie.

2. What has the Runt been giving one of the dying patients?
(a) Morphine.
(b) Extra food.
(c) Estrogen.
(d) Advice about his grandchildren.

3. What happened to the child of the worried couple who mistakenly thought their daughter was sent to the House?
(a) She overdosed and died.
(b) She lied to her parents about admitting herself to the hospital.
(c) She was found lying outside by the front entrance.
(d) She overdosed but was saved at the last minute.

4. The Fat Man refers to his invention as what?
(a) The First of its Kind.
(b) The Best Way to Self-Diagnose.
(c) The Great American Medical Invention.
(d) The Best Invention in Medicine.

5. At the beginning of the novel, Roy reflects on his internship year while vacationing in what country?
(a) Spain.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 21, what is said by a nurse that baffles Roy?

2. What joke played by an intern recently got the hospital sued?

3. What is Roy's trick with his stethoscope?

4. Who is the tall, emaciated-looking consultant to Roy's new unit?

5. What does Roy say his father uses in every sentence in the letters he write to him?

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