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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Suzanne Blake is a college student who __________.
(a) Has survived cervical cancer.
(b) Becomes pregnant by accident.
(c) Desperately wants a baby.
(d) Falls in love with a professor.

2. What does the doctor performing the autopsy on Karen conclude about a possible abortion?
(a) No abortion took place.
(b) Karen did not attempt self-abortion.
(c) Karen had had many abortions.
(d) Karen died from a poorly-performed abortion.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When William Randall speaks of Ev, to whom is he referring?

2. When does Dr. Conway always conduct his autopsies?

3. What does John learn from Judith and Betty about George Bradford, Art's lawyer?

4. Art Lee tells John Berry that when Karen Randall left his office, he was under the impression that she __________.

5. As the person conducting Karen's autopsy examines her lungs, what becomes evident?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize John Berry's phone conversation with Dr. Sanderson, head of the pathology labs, following his unfruitful meeting with Art Lee's attorney.

2. Why is John surprised to see J.D. Randall performing open heart surgery?

3. What are some of the major findings made during Karen Randall's autopsy?

4. How does J.D. Randall deflect pointed questions John Berry asks of him during their first conversation?

5. Why do the police arrest Art Lee?

6. John Berry compares his puzzlement over Art Lee's case with "the Peru case." What is the Peru case to which he refers?

7. Explain why John wants to help Art Lee even though other doctors are willing to let him be a scapegoat for Karen's death.

8. Summarize the encounter between John Berry and Roger Whiting, the medical intern who had given Karen penicillin without first checking for allergies.

9. Explain why other doctors let Dr. Frank Conway rant and rave after one of his patients dies.

10. Why has George Bradford declined to take Art Lee's case?

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