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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 did Roy's patient Olive have that most of the interns had never seen before?
2. In what state will the Fat Man be transferring to next year?
3. What's Ollie's nickname?
4. What is 789?
5. What is PInkus' favorite hobby?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Roy finds out that Molly is seeing another intern named Howie, what kind of hypothetical situation does he conjure up in his mind?
2. What is Pinkus' state of health as opposed to how he used to be?
3. What does the Fat Man focus on in his workshop? What specialties?
4. What does the new extract the Fat Man created, and what is its one side effect?
5. What was happening that made the interns all more isolated from one another?
6. What does Jo say, after one of her patients dies, that shows her to be totally devoid of emotion or compassion?
7. What started happening around Passover and what was Roy's idea to stop it? Does it work?
8. What is so strange about how Eat My Dust Eddie speaks about his newborn baby?
9. When Roy goes to find the Fat Man outside of the hospital, why does he realize that he had never let him see his house before?
10. What does Nate Zock say he's going to write in his letter to the chief of medicine, Dr. Leggo, the chief resident, and the BMS and House trustees? What did Roy find out later that Nate Zock also did?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Do doctors really nickname people "gomers"? Explain why it would be realistic in our society if patients are actually TURFed and BUFFed like explained in the book.
Essay Topic 2
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 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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