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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Bruiser ashamed in Chapter 9?
(a) Because he gave a patient the wrong medication.
(b) Because he has never slept with a woman before.
(c) Because he was turned on by a naked patient.
(d) Because everyone finds out he has a crush on the nurse Angel.

2. Who was the president at the time in which the novel was set?
(a) Kennedy.
(b) Nixon.
(c) Truman.
(d) Reagan.

3. What do Chuck and Roy convince the Runt to do in Chapter 7?
(a) Tell off the resident.
(b) Tell his parents what he really thinks about them.
(c) Ask out the red-headed nurse.
(d) Break up with his girlfriend.

4. Who are the first two people Roy meets in the EW?
(a) Berry's look-alike and her sidekick.
(b) The two pretty nurses.
(c) The chief resident and his protege.
(d) The two policemen.

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

6. Who does Roy say was regarded as illiterate and underprivileged when really they were literate and privileged?
(a) Chuck.
(b) Berry.
(c) The Fat Man.
(d) The policeman.

7. Potts speaks of how he is strangely jealous of his brother because his profession is what?
(a) A construction worker.
(b) A stay-at-home dad.
(c) A plumber.
(d) A lawyer.

8. What was Chuck the only of in his ward?
(a) Latino.
(b) African-American/black.
(c) Homosexual.
(d) Handicapped.

9. Which one of the interns does Jo reprimand?
(a) Runt.
(b) Roy.
(c) Chuck.
(d) Howie.

10. For what occasion do Berry and Roy visit his parents?
(a) Roy's birthday.
(b) His parents' anniversary.
(c) His brother's wife had a baby.
(d) Thanksgiving.

11. What does Roy say he loved before the House of God?
(a) Nurses.
(b) Children.
(c) Old people.
(d) Naps.

12. What did Molly get Roy for Christmas?
(a) A ring.
(b) A new stethoscope.
(c) A silver tiepin.
(d) A knitted sweater.

13. What does Roy's grandpa ask him to do?
(a) To get him some beer.
(b) Get him out of his home.
(c) Tell his mom where the will is when he dies.
(d) Hide all of his money.

14. Passing a hospice on his walk, Roy is reminded of all the _____________ he treated the past year.
(a) Gomers.
(b) Terminally ill patients.
(c) Heart attack victims.
(d) Accident victims.

15. What week is supposedly the "worst" week in the EW?
(a) The week before Christmas.
(b) The week after New Year's.
(c) The week between Christmas and New Year's.
(d) The week of the Superbowl.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does BMS stand for?

2. What happened to the child of the worried couple who mistakenly thought their daughter was sent to the House?

3. Why does "Crazy Abe" tell Roy that he did good?

4. How did Jo's father die?

5. Where did Molly and Roy go on their date around Christmas?

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