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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 has the Runt been giving one of the dying patients?

2. When Angel talks, what does Roy notice she always does?

3. What was the clear winner of the specialties chosen by the interns?

4. Why is Nate Zock impressed with Roy?

5. What does Roy go to see in which Pinkus participates?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why exactly does Chuck get in trouble in chapter 21?

2. Whom does Gilheeny claim are the three people that he and Quick will always cherish?

3. 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?

4. What was said by Chuck to Leggo in their farewell meeting that Roy said, for the first time, that the Leggo seemed to hear?

5. What does the new extract the Fat Man created, and what is its one side effect?

6. When Roy finds out that Molly is seeing another intern named Howie, what kind of hypothetical situation does he conjure up in his mind?

7. What does Jo say, after one of her patients dies, that shows her to be totally devoid of emotion or compassion?

8. 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?

9. What single incident, with the hepatitis woman, made it hard for Roy "to do extremely well for a minute or two"? How did Roy and the nurse react?

10. What was happening that made the interns all more isolated from one another?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A Catch 22 is when one outcome is dependent on another, while the other is dependent on the first one as well. For example, a person needs money to buy a car, but needs a car to get to work tin order to make the money to buy the car. How does the gomer "Harry the Horse" portray behavior that is reminiscent of Catch 22?

Essay Topic 2

Roy speaks of wearing his "doctor costume" when he is starting out in his rotations. What do you think he means by this? Were there any other character wearing "costumes"? If so, who? Why would Roy, or any other character, need to wear a costume?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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