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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Armando as a result of this misfortune?
(a) His left side was paralyzed.
(b) He had both legs amputated.
(c) He was paralyzed from the chin down.
(d) He eventually died.

2. What decision is made, in Chapter 7, regarding Patrick?
(a) He is placed on a DNR.
(b) He will not have the surgery.
(c) He will be transferred to another hospital.
(d) He will be taken off of life support.

3. What status is Patrick given by the committee?
(a) OCR.
(b) Supportive Protocol II.
(c) Supportive Protocol I.
(d) DNR.

4. Who is Richard Weir?
(a) Patrick's lawyer.
(b) Patrick's play therapist.
(c) Patrick's doctor.
(d) Patrick's social worker.

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

6. Who is Sally Olsen?
(a) The hospital's financial administrator.
(b) Patrick's social worker.
(c) Patrick's doctor.
(d) Javier's assistant.

7. What happens to Taylor near the end of Chapter 6?
(a) Her kidneys fail.
(b) She develops a serious infection.
(c) She dies.
(d) She goes into cardiac arrest.

8. What disease does Patrick have?
(a) Blastocytosis.
(b) Hirschsprung's disease.
(c) Lou Gehrig's disease.
(d) Leukemia.

9. What is CHOSEN?
(a) An independent pediatric clinic that operates within the hospital.
(b) A program to match organ donors and recipients.
(c) A support program for doctors, nurses, and interns.
(d) A program for children of uninsured or underinsured parents.

10. What do the doctors have to do to Taylor and Jake?
(a) Give them antibiotics.
(b) Put them on a ventilator.
(c) Give them steroids.
(d) Put them into detox.

11. What does Teresa want to do?
(a) Donate money to the pediatric wing of the hospital.
(b) Establish new guidelines for withdrawing life support from patients.
(c) Participate in the ethics committee at Hermann.
(d) Cut funding for uninsured or underinsured patient care.

12. What are Patrick's doctors supposed to do, given his status?
(a) They are required to stop treatment if he goes into cardiac arrest.
(b) They can do whatever they think is right, given the situation.
(c) They are allowed to continue treatment under certain circumstances.
(d) They are required to do all they can to save his life.

13. What is Teresa's profession?
(a) Pediatrician.
(b) Pilot.
(c) Engineer.
(d) Oncologist.

14. How does Fran get to the hospital?
(a) On foot.
(b) By ambulance.
(c) By car.
(d) By helicopter.

15. Who is Fran's obstetrician?
(a) Sharon Crandell.
(b) Eugene Adcock.
(c) Sally Olsen.
(d) Jane Reed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which patient is the subject of the June chapter, Chapter 2?

2. Which of the babies is in worse health?

3. What do Fran and Carey begin to worry about, as the weeks go on?

4. What does Patrick's illness do to him?

5. When Sharon is rotated out, who is Taylor's new doctor?

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