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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue and Acknowledgements.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mary try to procure for Armando?
(a) A better bed.
(b) Better food.
(c) A better wheelchair.
(d) A walker.

2. How is Oria Dismuke described?
(a) A good mother, who does everything she can for her son.
(b) Exhausted by her work, and depressed about her son.
(c) Oblivious of her son's suffering, caring only about herself.
(d) Compassionate, but not very intelligent.

3. What has gone wrong that might induce premature labor for Fran?
(a) She gave herself a hernia lifting something heavy.
(b) She took too much aspirin.
(c) She has diabetes.
(d) Her cervix has thinned.

4. When Javier faces Patrick with a decision about his treatment, in Chapter 20, which option does Patrick choose?
(a) Neither.
(b) Surgery.
(c) More IVs.
(d) Both.

5. When are Armando's negative emotions at their peak?
(a) When his doctors talk to him.
(b) At night.
(c) When his family is around.
(d) During the day.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Patrick choose the treatment option he does, in Chapter 20?

2. In what year did the hospital finally open?

3. How is Ben Taub described?

4. How do the hospital staff, except Javier, feel about Patrick?

5. How do Fran and Carey feel about their hospital doctor?

(see the answer key)

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