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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. Who is the more senior nurse who enters Dorothy's room?
(a) Marnie.
(b) Marie.
(c) Mattie.
(d) Mary.

2. What does Laura know about Hochberg regarding his interns?
(a) He doesn't let them leave the hospital for days at a time.
(b) He requires them to teach some courses.
(c) He works them really hard.
(d) He accommodates their personal needs.

3. Who is the student nurse who calls for a page for Ferguson?
(a) Bettie.
(b) Barbara.
(c) Sara.
(d) Brenda.

4. What does Ferguson have to do tonight that prevents his attending the party?
(a) Study.
(b) Have dinner with Hochberg.
(c) Do a transfusion.
(d) Sleep.

5. Which of the following do the doctors and interns not do in this room?
(a) Talk.
(b) Study.
(c) Relax.
(d) Scrub.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has happened to the patient that Ferguson was going to assist with a transfusion tonight?

2. What do Mr. and Mrs. Smith tell Dr. Cunningham about their daughter?

3. What does Ferguson do when Cunningham orders him out of the room?

4. Why does Laura say she wants to end the relationship?

5. What choice does Levine have second thoughts about?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the scenario where Ferguson saves Dorothy in spite of Cunningham.

2. What is Hochberg's role with the other doctors and what advice does Levine give Ferguson about his experience with the man?

3. Why is Laura so upset that Ferguson has to break their party plans for the evening?

4. What shocking information does Spencer reveal to Hochberg at the conclusion of the meeting/

5. How was abortion viewed in the 1930s when MEN IN WHITE was written?

6. How does the author show Hudson's personality type through his actions in the hospital room?

7. How does Ferguson try to appease Laura after breaking their party plans?

8. How does the author use Laura's transformation to drive home his theme?

9. What are some of the other elements that are foreshadowed in this scene?

10. How does Hochberg try to tell Laura that Ferguson will not have much time for her if he is to become the excellent doctor he is capable of becoming?

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