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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. When the Runt is talking to his parents, why does Roy take the phone away from him?
2. Of the Zock family, who is currently in the House?
3. In Chapter 15, who lovingly breaks the news to a female patient that she is going to die?
4. Chuck says that Howie's dose he gave a patient is equivalent to what?
5. How did the patient Tina die?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the new extract the Fat Man created, and what is its one side effect?
2. How does Roy claim that many people in the hospital "take out our hatred, our loneliness, our horror with human suffering, and our despair at human endings"?
3. What is so strange about how Eat My Dust Eddie speaks about his newborn baby?
4. What started happening around Passover and what was Roy's idea to stop it? Does it work?
5. Why exactly does Chuck get in trouble in chapter 21?
6. What is Pinkus' state of health as opposed to how he used to be?
7. What does Roy see at the Marcel Marceau show that snaps Roy back into reality?
8. 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?
9. Why does Roy start to dislike the Fat Man? What does Berry think?
10. When the elevator doesn't move, what is Roy's reaction? When he asks Eddie if he's gone nuts, what is his response? What does this show about their states of mind?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
After Potts' death, Roy shuts down completely and according to Berry was acting like a "machine". Why is this specific simile used? What machine-like qualities did Roy possess?
Essay Topic 2
Berry says the interns' problem is that they seem to obliterate each day in order to start the new one. In other words, "one day at a time" philosophy taken seriously. Although a way to cope when having a difficult time, Berry pointed out that there is no emotional growth when acting this way, so nothing changes, and the person continues to have a difficult time coping with their life. Choose at least two characters and give specific examples of when they were exemplifying this philosophy within the novel.
Essay Topic 3
Explore the theme of isolation in the novel as it affects at least two of the characters. Use quotations from the book to back up your claims.
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