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

2. What has happened to the patient that Ferguson was going to assist with a transfusion tonight?
(a) The patient is much better.
(b) The patient died.
(c) The protocol for the patient has changed.
(d) The patient has been discharged.

3. With what disease is Levine's wife diagnosed?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Diabetes.

4. Who spits in the jar to provide a sputum sample?
(a) Dr. Hochberg.
(b) Dr. Ferguson.
(c) Dr. Gordon.
(d) Dr. Levine.

5. What choice does Levine have second thoughts about?
(a) Moving away from his hometown.
(b) Remaining a Jew.
(c) Marrying the girl he married.
(d) Going to college and med school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the doctor who prescribed the incorrect dosage of medicine?

2. What is the name of Mr. and Mrs. Smith's daughter?

3. What does Mr. Hudson urge Laura and Ferguson to do?

4. What does Ferguson tease Mr. Hudson about?

5. What was Levine's father's motto?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the setting of Act 3?

3. What startling statement does Laura make to Ferguson about his work and their life together?

4. What is the setting of Act 2, Scene 1 and what characters are involved as it begins?

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

6. How is Laura's behavior in Act 3 so out of character for her?

7. How does the author leave the reader with a feeling of ambiguity related to Barbara's behavior as Act 1, Scene 4 ends?

8. Describe the romantic conversation between Ferguson and Laura about how much they care for each other.

9. How has the Depression affected the hospital's financial situation?

10. In what ways does the author show that Ferguson's true calling is medicine?

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