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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. Roy found Molly in tears one day for what reason?

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

3. What is Chuck's excuse for being late to rotation?

4. What is a Sociable Cervix?

5. Why is Jo's philosophy on treating patients so different from the Fat Man's?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does gomer stand for?

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

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

4. How does Chuck say he got into medical school?

5. Explain what "gomers go to ground" means and what it entails.

6. What is a "slurper"?

7. Why is Roy initially perplexed by the Fat Man's obsession with "The Wizard of Oz"? What does he then realize?

8. What is a LOL in NAD?

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

10. What was Chuck's plan to get clean sheets in the on-call room? How do Roy and the Runt plan to do this too?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how "The House of God" could be considered a "coming of age" novel. What growth was made by Roy throughout his year-long internship?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Roy and Berry's relationship seems to be more complicated than most couples'. Explain how they help one another and what roles they play in each other's lives.

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