“Pity,” Vivek said regretfully. “We could have cogged from you if we got stuck.”
‘Oh, grow up!’ Zahi wanted to say. They should be prepared for the exams, at least this time. This was serious. They were going to be doctors. This was the real thing! But a small niggling doubt in the back of her mind kept her from feeling supercilious. What if, just suppose, there were lots of questions that she knew absolutely nothing about? One had to attempt every single question in order to be reasonably sure of passing—and even then, with whimsical examiners, one could never be quite certain. So what would she do if she didn’t know something? Would she cheat?
She did not have much time to reflect on this question, however, as she sat pensively in her seat waiting for the exam to begin. Very soon the i
