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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. Why does Karen Terrio tell the reader she is driving in the middle of the night?

2. Where does Yakov often play chess as described in Chapter 7?

3. What does Vivien tell Abby when she suggests she take some of the blame for the Josh O'Day drama?

4. With whom does Vivien Chao argue Josh O'Day's need for the heart intended for Nina Voss?

5. What occupation does Yakov wish he was allowed to participate in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Abby try so hard to impress Dr. Wettig while presenting her patient?

2. What does Abby learn in Chapter 5 will be the consequences of what she and Vivien have done?

3. Who attempts to stop the delivery of Karen Terrio's heart to Mass Gen in Chapter 5?

4. What doctor becomes interested in Karen Terrio's organs? For what reason?

5. What does Abby say about the morphine she orders for Mary Allen in Chapter 6?

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

7. What does Yakov do for a living before being taken to America by Nadiya and Gregor? For what reason?

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

9. To what inner sanctum does Dr. Bill Archer invite Abby? For what reason?

10. Why is Mary Allen in the SICU? What is her prognosis?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Aaron Levi? How does Abby come to know him? How does the reader meet him? What kind of person is Aaron? Why is Aaron unhappy when he learns that Abby will be treating Nina Voss' post-op fever? Why does Aaron not show up at the hospital as his wife thought he would? What happens when everyone learns Aaron has died? What is the funeral like? What odd thing happens at the wake that causes Abby some concern? Where does Elaine Levi go later that causes Abby and a cop to wonder about Aaron's death? How did Aaron die? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the team values of the transplant team at Bayside. What does the transplant team expect of their team members? What do they tell Abby about their expectations where she is concerned? Is there anything unusual about these expectations? How do these expectations become more sinister as the plot continues to develop? What do these expectations have to do with Aaron Levi's death? With the money his wife found in a secret bank account? With his wife's disappearance? With the deaths of two other doctors?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following relationships in detail:

1) Abby and Mark

2) Abby and Kaftka

3) Abby and Yakov

4) Abby and Vivien.

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