THE EARTHQUAKE - Chapter 1

CHAPTER 1

1) Answer the questions

1. Has Gabriel got green eyes and a friendly smile?

2. Is Marco rich?

3. Does Silvia like Garbriel?

4. Has Gabriel got three tickets for a film?



2) Order the events



 Silvia didn’t look at Gabriel.

 Silvia asked Gabriel to return the next day.

 Silvia started to close the door.

 Silvia didn’t remember the invitation.

 Gabriel arrived at the door of Silvia’s flat.



3) Correct the mistakes.


When Silvia shut the door, Gabriel heard pop music. There was a girl on the stairs. Her clothes were very cheap and she was Marco’s girlfriend. She had got 20 red roses.
Gabriel walked away.It was a cold Sunday afternoon. There was no wind. There weren’t people in the street. Gabriel felt happy.Gabriel thought, ‘I will not go to the cinema’The Plaza cinema was a small, new building in the centre of town.It was 8.27 p.m. And at that minute, the fire happened.

NOTHING LASTS FOREVER- Chapters 20- 27

1.Multiple choice. Choose the best option to complete the statements.

1. One night, Ken Mallory was getting off duty and was on his way to meet Kat when he was called to ER. The patient was,

a) a man in his sixties
b) a woman in her thirties
c) a teenage boy

2. The operation took four hours and,

a) the patient survive
b) the patient died
c) the patient stay unconscious connected to a respiratory machine

3. Alex Harrison is,

a) a millionaire woman
b) a millionaire man
c) a millionaire’s lawyer

4. A patient invites Mallory to ………………………………….. in order to show his gratitude.

a) stay at his apartment in New York city
b) have dinner at his mansion
c) open an account at the San Francisco Fidelity Bank which he owns

5. Kat receives in ER an unconscious man with a head injury which could be brain damage. That man is,

a) Lou Dinetto
b) Her brother Mike
c) Rhino, Dinetto’s friend

6. When Kat arrives at her apartment two men push past her into it. They,

a) gave her a lot of money to save the unconscious man
b) threaten to kill her brother if she does not save the man
c) threaten to wiped her out

7. The last day to make good on his ten-thousand-dollar bet Ken Mallory,

a) realizes Kat was playing with him
b) realizes Kat is in love with him
c) realizes he is in love with Kat

8. When Honey arrives at the apartment a man comes out of the bathroom, dripping blood and pointing a gun at her. He is,

a) Lou Dinneto
b) The Shadow, Dinetto’s friend
c) Kat’s brother

9. Ken Mallory says to Kat,

a) he has fallen in love and wants to marry her
b) he is in love with Loren and will marry her
c) he does not care about the bet anymore because he is marrying Lauren

10. After having sex, Kat,

a) tells the doctors she and Ken did it
b) announces her weeding day
c) invites her colleagues to the wedding reception


2. Answer the following questions.

1. Why do you think Kat reported his brother’s gunshot wound to the police?
2. Why did Alfred return? What did he want? What did Paige answer?
3. Paige decided to answer the card Jason had sent with the model house. Which option did she choose?
4. A patient died because Doctor Koch overanesthetized him but what did Doctor Barker said to Paige?
5. After that, what happened to Doctor Barker?

NOTHING LASTS FOREVER - Chapters 15 - 20

1. Mark the following statements true (T) or false (F). Correct the false ones.

1. When Paige returned to the apartment, Honey said Jason Curtis had called. Paige said that was great news.

2. Two days later, Jason phoned again and this time Paige herself answered the phone ans slammed the receiver down.

3. At six o'clock the following morning, when the residents gathered with Paige for morning rounds, Jason showed up wearing a clown costume.

4. He said he'd been worried about some of the aptients they had seen on the first round.

5. Jason had bought a lot of nonrefundable tickets for the patients' family.

6. At seven o'clock that evening when Jason arrived at hospital to pick up Paige she was in the oncall room in a deep sleep.

7. When Paige was getting dress to finally go out with Jason , she confessed she was not really interested in him.

8. During that dinner, paige explained the 'gherao', a forma of punishment in India where a lot of men throw stones to the guilty one.

9. Paige also told Jason her father was killed in a tribal war.

10. Paige told Jason that back in India she used to live in a fantastic two-story house because of his father position while the rest of her friends lived in 'tukuls' with grass roofs and no windows.

11. Next morning paige received a drawing of a beautiful two-story house with veranda done by Jason. In front of the house there was a little lawn area surrounded by a picket fence.

12. She thought it was the right house but the wrong man.

13. Next evening Paige was invited to Jason's parents' home. She was very tired and fell asleep and her head dropped to the table.

2. Choose the correct option. A, B or C.

1. Ken Mallory planned his strategy carefully so he decided to let Kat know, he:

A. was interested in her as a person

B. thought she was a brilliant doctor

C. take her to a romantic holiday in another city

2. Mallory was taken completely off guard wehn Kat:

A. told him she admired his work

B. told him she thought he was sexy

C. told him to invite her out to dinner

3. When they were going to bed just after their first date:

A. the phone rang and Kat had to leave hospital

B. Paige and Honey appeared to interrupt

C. Ken's received an emergency call on his cell phone.

3. Complete the paragraphs. How does the story go on?

1. Paige had been working from six o'clock in the morning until midnight. She was exhasted. Her driving back home was dangerous because it was difficult not to fall sleep. When she finally was lying in bed, the telephone rang....... ( Who called? What for? What did she eventually ask Wallace?)

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2. One Saturday night Ken and Kat went out on their second date. Once at Ken's, Kat asked for a drink...... (what did she ask? Did she like it? did they have sex? why/why not?)

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3. The next night, Dinetto's black lomosine was outside the hospital for Kat one more time... (What for? Did she do what asked? Why/why not?)

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4. Jason arranged to pick Paige up at her apartment and take her to San Francisco.... (Did she know the city? Why did he know so much about it? What places did they visit?)

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5. While Paige was thinking how lovely Jason was, her beeper went off. It sounded urgent. Her face turned pale.... ( What happened? Where did she ask Jason to take her? What did she accept to do? What did she remember? what happened just at the last minute she was doing it?)

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6. Answer these questions:

1. Why did Honey envy the nurses?

2. Why was Daniel MacGuire of her favourite patients?

3. Why did Frances Gordon want a 'virgo' doctor? What was her occupation? What did did woman foretell?

4. Mrs Owens was a new patient with a broken nose, two black eyes and bruises. What happened to her? How did Honey help her? What did the woman finally do?

5. At hospital thre was an Indian patient with cholera. Whose patient was he? Why was the hospital going to be closed down?

6. There was only one doctor who could speak Indian.Who? Why was it important?

7. Why was Ken Mallory getting desperate?

NOTHING LASTS FOREVER - Chapters 1-15

1- Multiple choice

1- According to Hippocrates “(…) whatever cannot be cured with the searing iron must be considered :
a) unhealthy” b) incurable” c) uncomfortable”.

2- According to Sir William Osler are three classes of human beings:
a) men, women and women physicians b) men, women and nurses c) men, nurses and women physicians

3- District Attorney Carls Andrews was in a fury because from a group of three doctor living together and working at the same hospital:

a) One of them almost gets an entire hospital closed down, the second one kills herself, and the third one kills a patient for a million dollars.
b) One of them almost kills a patient, the second one kills a patient for a million dollars, and the third one is murdered.
c) One of them almost gets entire hospital closed down, the second one kills a patient for a million dollars, and the third one is murdered.

4- In the witness box, Dr Kane said John Cronin was killed by:
a) sedative being injected into his IV (Intravenous) b) insulin being injected into his IV (Intravenous) c) a different blood type being introduced into his IV (Intravenous)

5- The report signed by Dr Paige Taylor says the patient died of:
a) an asthma attack b) a heart attack c) allergic attack

6- John Cronin’s widow, Hazel Cronin said her husband:
a) didn’t trust Dr b) never mentioned Dr Taylor c) like Dr Taylor

7- Dr Wallace said that one day Dr Taylor had a patient in need of a blood transfusion whose family refused to grant permission. He said that:
a) she managed to obtained the court order immediately and gave the patient the transfusion.
b) she gave the patient the transfusion anyway, obtained the court order afterward, and changed the date on it.
c) she managed to get an old court order, changed the date on it and gave the patient the transfusion.

8- Most of the patients at Embarcadero county hospital go there because:
a) they are indigent and cannot afford a private hospital b) they are lower middle class people who cannot afford health insurance
c) they are upper class people who can afford the best medical treatment.

9- In her first hospital round Paige met another young resident doctor she liked immediately. This was Dr Tom Chang who later:
a) has a car accident and dies b) commits suicide c) is robbed and murdered

10- Bye the end of day one, Paige and the other residents see their last patient, an old lady who is brain-dead on a respirator. They are told that the hospital ethics committee made the decision early that day to “pull the plug” because it’s cruel to keep her alive. Paige thinks that is:
a) a great act of kindness b) murder c) correct

11- Paige had heard that Dr Arthur Kane’ nickname was “Dr 007—licensed to kill” because:
a )he had a higher operation rate b)his solution to every problem was to operate c) he had a higher operation and mortality rate than any other doctor

12- When Dr Kane made advances to Paige and she:
a) felt unpleasant but thought it could be a great opportunity for her career
b) said there was nothing to discuss because she was not interested
c) said she didn’t need to discuss anything at dinner

13- When Kat was thirteen years old, her stepfather was raped repeatedly by her stepfather. One day:
a) He theatens to kill her litlle brother if she didn’t move so she left her home
b) Kat told her mother the truth and she order her to leave because she thought Kat was lying
c) Kat knew she was pregnant and decided to ran way to live with an aunt

14- Paige grew up in:
a) India and Africa b) Calcutta and South Africa c) Africa and Latin America

15- When Paige was fifteen, her mother:
a) disappeared when having a bath in a river b) disappeared with another man c) disappeared during an attack to the village they were living in

16- When Paige was seventeen, her father sent her to live in Chicago with his brother. When she arrived
a) she knew her father was also coming b) her uncle told her her father had died c) her uncle told her he prefer her coming back to the village

17- Paige and Alfred met in:
a) Puerto Rica b) Costa Rica c) Hawai

18- When Paige opened the door there was Alfred. Standing next to him was his:
a) girlfriend b) child’s mother c)his wife

19- Chief Nurse, Margaret Spenser didn’t like Kat because she was:
a) a young woman doctor b) a beautiful woman doctor c) a black woman doctor

20- Honey Taft had the bad fortune to have been born into a family of:
a) overachievers b)overweighed people c) over-optimistic people

21- Honey’s father would say she was:
a) the princess of the Taft family b) his favourite child c) the family’s ugly ducking

22- In High School she was known as the:
a) wallflower b) sunflower c)flower child

23- When Honey started having sex with boys she became:
a) intelligent b) famous c) popular

24- Paige was furious because the X-ray had been put up backward and Dr Kane:
a) had diagnosed wrongly b) had removed the wrong kidney c) had operated the wrong patient

25- Dr Wallace said Dr Kane was not going to be fired because:
a) he was one of the best doctors at hospital and they could not lose him
b) he was a senator’s friend with a lot of influences
c) the reputation of the hospital would be hurt

26- All hospitals have problems with drug theft but Embarcadero County Hospital was having a major problem. Their fentanyl – a highly addictive narcotic and anesthetic drug- disappeared constantly. Who was the thief?
a) Dr Mitch Campbell, one of Paige’s favourite doctors b) Dr Harry Bowman, the red Ferrari’s owner c) Karen, the secretary in charge of records

1-Dr Honey was unsure of herself in the morning rounds but on the afternoon rounds she was surprisingly knowledgeable and efficient. Explain how she managed to do so.

2- Dr Mitch Cambell behaved in a strange way during surgeries. What did he always do? Why? What did Paige ask him to do?

3- In the prologue we learn that one of the doctors almost gets Embarcadero closed down. Who do you think is the responsible one? Can you explain why?