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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 is Mary Allen dreaming about when someone comes into her room to inject morphine into her IV?

2. What does Elaine have too much of at her husband's wake?

3. How does Abby get into the Levi house in Chapter 16?

4. What is the color of the door that Yakov says is always locked in Chapter 14?

5. What does Mary Allen's niece find among her mail when she returns home after Mary Allen's death in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the woman praying at Mary Allen's bedside in Chapter 11? What does she want Abby to do for Mary Allen?

2. What does Mr. Parr do to Abby in Chapter 13 after searching her locker? Why?

3. Why is Abby's locker searched in Chapter 13? What is found?

4. What story does Abby tell Katzka and Lundquist in Chapter 18? Do they believe her?

5. Why does Abby call Katzka to her house in Chapter 20? Who calls while he is there?

6. How does Abby react when Detective Bernard Katzka comes to speak to her about Mary Allen? Why?

7. What happens to Yakov at the end of Chapter 19? What does this suggest about his chances of survival?

8. How does Mark react when Abby asks him about the deaths of Kunstler and Hennessy? Why?

9. What does Abby ask Nina Voss to do in Chapter 18? Does she agree?

10. How does Mary Allen die? Who pronounces her death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

Who is Bernard Kaftka? What tragedy took place in his past? How did Kaftka react to that tragedy? What does Kaftka do for a living? How does he meet Abby? How do Abby and Kaftka find themselves thrown together? How does Kaftka nearly die in Abby's company? How does Kaftka rescue Abby in the end? What are Kaftka's feelings for Abby? Why does Kaftka not believe Abby when she insists she was not driving drunk the night of her accident? Does Kaftka come to believe her later? Why?

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