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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. The Grenade Room was called that because why?
(a) Because an intern threw a dud grenade in with the gomers once.
(b) Because of the way the gomers smelled.
(c) Because there was a rumor that it was built over a dud grenade site.
(d) Because there was a crazy man who always threatened he had a grenade on him.

2. What does "gomers go to ground" mean?
(a) They can't talk.
(b) They die.
(c) They fall out of bed.
(d) They walk around all over the place.

3. Roy was afraid to give what to a patient?
(a) An IV.
(b) A diagnosis.
(c) A shot.
(d) Aspirin.

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

5. Roy talks about a girl named Angel who allegedly could not do what?
(a) Play sports without cheating.
(b) Stand to be around doctors.
(c) String together a complete sentence.
(d) Eat anything that was purple.

Short Answer Questions

1. Roy was on a Rhodes Scholarship for what sport?

2. What does the Fat Man tell Chuck the way he dresses makes him look like?

3. What does the gomer Anna O. always yell?

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

5. What character compares life to a man's genitals?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Roy and his friends, who have political internships in D.C., realize are similar about their situations?

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

3. What does Roy tell Leggo is the reason that his boys don't love him?

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

5. What does Potts say he considers a half emergency?

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

7. Why does Roy think that Jo throws herself into her work so vehemently?

8. What is the Fat Man's response when Roy asks him why his patients all love him?

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

10. 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?

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