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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 tell Saul is the only thing he can promise him?
2. In Chapter 15, who lovingly breaks the news to a female patient that she is going to die?
3. What is the first disadvantage listed of all the specialties except psychiatry?
4. Why is the wing called The Wing of Zock?
5. Besides the main five interns, who else raises their hand when asked who wants to take up psychiatry?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Berry say that it is emotionally detrimental for the interns when they move on so quickly from things (like Potts' death) and in spite of everything, act like there is no past?
2. What does the new extract the Fat Man created, and what is its one side effect?
3. What does Roy see at the Marcel Marceau show that snaps Roy back into reality?
4. What is a Blue Blazer, and what happens when Roy calls one up?
5. What is Roy's clever response to the question posed by 789: "how come you're always going to sleep, and I"m always staying awake?"
6. What is so strange about how Eat My Dust Eddie speaks about his newborn baby?
7. Why can't they ever get rid of the one gomer Harry the Horse?
8. What was said by Chuck to Leggo in their farewell meeting that Roy said, for the first time, that the Leggo seemed to hear?
9. What does Roy ask the Runt about Angel? Why can't the Runt completely answer the question?
10. What started happening around Passover and what was Roy's idea to stop it? Does it work?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
What caused such emotion to emerge in Roy that makes him snap out of his apathetic state? Explain why you believe such a small incident could bring about such clarity. Use quotes from the book to tie the moment of clarity in with times Roy felt lost, and compare and contrast.
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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