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

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

3. In Chapter 1, what is mentioned by Roy which he sees drip off of Berry's face?

4. The fantasy Roy has at the end of Chapter 1 takes place where?

5. What movie/food combination does the Fat Man talk about which he enjoys?

Short Essay Questions

1. What ethical quandary must Roy face?

2. What keeps reminding Roy of all the gomers from the House?

3. What is a LOL in NAD?

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

5. Roy makes up a law of his own, a new number ten. What is it?

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

7. Why does the Fat Man say that in internal medicine it's not necessary to see the patients?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Roy contemplates whether ethically it is better to lie to save a life, or tell the truth and let someone die. In essence, what is better: justice, or the illusion of justice? Explain both sides of the argument in more detail.

Essay Topic 2

One moment Roy believes the Fat Man to be right about everything, and then he questions him the next moment. For a good amount of time, he believes Pinkus had the right idea about medicine, until he snapped out of it. Why do you believe that Roy had such confusion regarding the different perspectives of the doctors? Was it because he was devoid of an opinion of his own, or was he just susceptible to others' viewpoints?

Essay Topic 3

In the last line of the novel, Roy proposes to Berry. Why do you think he suddenly wasn't afraid of doing so anymore? Was it done at the very end of the novel to portray anything about Roy's growth? Explain. Indicate at least three times in the novel where you see some maturity growth occur.

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