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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Otto Kreinberg allegedly so bitter?
(a) He wrote a book and no one bought it.
(b) He never wanted to be a doctor.
(c) He's mad he didn't get a Nobel Prize for his invention.
(d) He claims someone stole his invention.

2. Berry and Roy went to Symphony Hall to see what show?
(a) "The Nutcracker".
(b) A Spanish opera.
(c) "The Messiah".
(d) "The Ghost".

3. Why is Chuck really late to rotation?
(a) He was interviewing at another hospital.
(b) He was on an all-night bender at the bar.
(c) He completely forgot he had to work.
(d) He was up all night with a girl.

4. Berry's profession was what?
(a) An accountant.
(b) A clinical psychologist.
(c) A cardiologist.
(d) A lawyer.

5. What did Chuck and Roy have to hide from Jo?
(a) The fact that they were doing nothing to the patients.
(b) That they often slipped unauthorized meds to the patients.
(c) That they took naps in the middle of their shifts.
(d) That they didn't like her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Roy's father's profession?

2. Who was described as a thin, dry-looking little man with a horrific purple birthmark on the side of his face?

3. What kept being written next to Roy's name all over the hospital?

4. Except for her ____________________, Berry is naked at the beginning of the novel.

5. Out of ten, how many interns does the Fat Man claim can't speak English?

Short Essay Questions

1. Gilheeny and Quick tell a story about an intern Grenade Room Dubler, who was set up with a favor by the policemen. What was the favor, and what was the outcome?

2. What does gomer stand for?

3. What is Roy's mother's reaction when she senses his ambivalence about medicine and the internship?

4. How does Berry feel about the gomers Roy speaks of?

5. What kind of internship is Roy reflecting upon in the beginning of the book?

6. What does Molly get Roy for Christmas and what does she admit to him? How does Roy feel about this?

7. How does Roy react when the Fat Man says he knows how scared the interns are?

8. What insignia starts appearing all over the hospital by Roy's name, and what do people take it to mean?

9. Why does the Fat Man say the interns should do a bad job filling out the paperwork?

10. What happens when Potts hydrates the gomer Ida against the Fat Man's wishes?

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