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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Without being asked, William Randall makes sure that John Berry knows what?
(a) That he is planning to move out of Boston.
(b) That he is planning to drop out of medical school.
(c) That he did not perform an abortion on Karen.
(d) That he does not get along with J.D. Randall.

2. What example does John give of a disease that is often seen at Boston City Hospital but is practically nonexistent elsewhere?
(a) Tetanus.
(b) Measles.
(c) Scurvy.
(d) Polio.

3. When John goes to Smith College to investigate more about Karen, he speaks with Karen's roommate. What is her name?
(a) Ginnie.
(b) Jeanine.
(c) Alana.
(d) Angela.

4. John learns that Karen had been rushed to the hospital after she was found __________.
(a) Hyperventilating in the backyard gazebo.
(b) Screaming in her room.
(c) Crying in the kitchen.
(d) Collapsed in the driver's seat.

5. Who is Alan Zenner?
(a) A friend of Karen's.
(b) One of Karen's professors.
(c) Karen's cousin.
(d) Karen's drug dealer.

6. Even though Lewis Carr, clinical professor of medicine at Boston Memorial, declines to talk with John by phone, he does explain what?
(a) That Karen's autopsy is about to take place.
(b) That Art had nothing to do with Karen.
(c) That Art used to be a well-respected doctor.
(d) That Karen's mother is threatening to sue the hospital.

7. Suzanne Blake seeks Arthur Lee because she wants him to do what?
(a) Deliver her baby.
(b) Protect her baby from her illness.
(c) Perform an abortion.
(d) Give her the best prenatal care possible.

8. The last time that William Randall saw Karen, she had talked Uncle Peter into doing what?
(a) Lending her fifty dollars.
(b) Taking her to the movies.
(c) Taking her to the museum.
(d) Lending her his car.

9. When Frank Conway enters the pathology lab and encounters John Berry, he throws a tantrum over what?
(a) Being insulted by another doctor.
(b) Losing a patient on the operating table.
(c) Having his methods questioned.
(d) Treating the wrong patient.

10. J.D. Randall questions John Berry's what?
(a) Integrity.
(b) Skill.
(c) Motives.
(d) Character.

11. Lewis Carr tells John that according to her stepmother, Karen had named Art Lee as __________.
(a) Her boyfriend.
(b) The abortionist.
(c) The one who talked her out of an abortion.
(d) Her drug supplier.

12. According to Carr, who called the police after Karen's death?
(a) Her best friend.
(b) Her stepmother.
(c) Her doctor.
(d) Her father.

13. As John watches the autopsy conducted on Karen Randall, he discovers that her cause of death was systemic anaphylaxis, which is what?
(a) A heart attack.
(b) An allergic reaction.
(c) A stroke.
(d) A sudden drop in blood pressure.

14. Roger Whiting explains to John Berry that Karen Randall's most prominent symptom was what?
(a) Severe bleeding.
(b) Inability to speak.
(c) Severe back pain.
(d) Inability to see clearly.

15. When John calls Lewis Carr after meeting with the medical intern, what is Lewis' demeanor?
(a) Frightened and apologetic.
(b) Giddy and bouyant.
(c) Angry and belligerent.
(d) Guarded and reserved.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the last time William Randall had seen Karen alive?

2. Roger Whiting tells John Berry that he had given Karen Randall penicillin __________.

3. What does the person conducting the autopsy on Karen notice about her uterus?

4. When John Berry tells Arthur Lee that continuing to perform abortions is insane, Lee defends himself by saying what?

5. William Randall tells John Berry that at dinner, the family had teased Karen a bit about what?

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