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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. Who are Nadiya and Gregor?

2. Who arrives late at Dr. Archer's for the party in Chapter 3?

3. What one requirement is Abby told the transplant team is looking for in a new recruit?

4. Why does Karen decide not to pull over and sleep despite her exhaustion?

5. How does Vince Lawry cause the accident that injures Karen Terrio?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is chosen to take the heart to Mass Gen in Chapter 4?

2. Why is there such an abrupt end to Mark and Abby's sailing trip in Chapter 10?

3. Why does Abby visit Nina Voss in Chapter 8? How does Nina Voss react to this visit?

4. Why is Abby called to Jeremiah Parr's office in Chapter 6? What does this mean for Abby's career?

5. What does Dr. Chao decide to do to make sure that Josh O'Day receives a heart?

6. What causes the accident that leads to Karen Terrio's brain injury?

7. What makes Yakov think the men on board his freighter ship are doing something illegal?

8. Why does Abby call Wilcox Memorial Hospital in Vermont about Nina Voss' donor in Chapter 8?

9. What does Mark tell Abby about the harvest at Wilcox Memorial Hospital that causes her to feel assured that the harvest took place there despite her earlier phone call? Who did the harvest?

10. What does Vivien do in response to Abby's question in Chapter 10 was it all worth it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Abby is taken into Bayside after an accident and she becomes convinced that she could be murdered. Discus this. Who might murder Abby? For what reason? Who does Abby fear? For what reason? What lab tests tell the police that Abby was drunk at the time of the crash? Was she? How could this lab test be manipulated? In how much danger is a patient really in the hospital? Are all patients in danger in a hospital? Is it possible for a doctor to make a mistake that could wrongly injure a patient? What happens in these situations?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the setting of the novel in detail, including discussion about each of the following:

1) Bayside Hospital

2) Massachusetts General Hospital

3) Boston

4) The freight ship.

Essay Topic 3

Who is Yakov? What is his life like before he is bought by Nadiya and Gregor? Why is Yakov difficult to control? What does Yakov want out of life? Is it possible he will ever find it? What does Yakov dream of while on board the freighter? How does the engine room technician ruin this dream? What does Yakov think of Abby? Who does he think she is? Why does he fight to save her life? Does he succeed? Why does Yakov refuse to leave Abby's side? What does the reader think will be in the future for Yakov and Abby?

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