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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 the Fat Man give advice to Roy about?
(a) Extracurricular activities.
(b) The chief resident.
(c) The nurses.
(d) Prescribing medicine.

2. Why is Otto Kreinberg allegedly so bitter?
(a) He wrote a book and no one bought it.
(b) He claims someone stole his invention.
(c) He's mad he didn't get a Nobel Prize for his invention.
(d) He never wanted to be a doctor.

3. Who is Dr. Jeff Cohen?
(a) The psych resident.
(b) The oldest doctor in the House.
(c) The richest doctor in the House.
(d) The EW resident.

4. Who dies instead of the gomers, according to the interns?
(a) Young people.
(b) Doctors.
(c) Babies.
(d) Drug addicts.

5. At the beginning of the novel, Roy reflects on his internship year while vacationing in what country?
(a) Spain.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Roy end up covering a shift for Eddie who covered a shift for Potts?

2. Where did Molly and Roy go on their date around Christmas?

3. Roy contemplates whether it's more ethical to lie to save a life or:

4. Who was the president at the time in which the novel was set?

5. What did some woman in the EW overdose on in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. What insignia starts appearing all over the hospital by Roy's name, and what do people take it to mean?

2. What does gomer stand for?

3. What keeps reminding Roy of all the gomers from the House?

4. What do Roy and his friends, who have political internships in D.C., realize are similar about their situations?

5. Explain what "gomers go to ground" means and what it entails.

6. What imaginary object does Cohen tell Roy to use when he doesn't know how he will make it through their 24-hour shift?

7. What kind of internship is Roy reflecting upon in the beginning of the book?

8. What is a "slurper"?

9. Gilheeny and Quick tell a story about an intern Grenade Room Dubler, who was set up with a favor by the policemen. What was the favor, and what was the outcome?

10. What does Roy tell Leggo is the reason that his boys don't love him?

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