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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Fran want to remove Taylor's ventilator?
(a) She wants to see if Taylor can breathe on her own.
(b) Their insurance won't cover it any longer.
(c) She doesn't want Taylor to live because she will have too many health problems.
(d) It appears to make Taylor uncomfortable.

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

3. What happened to the Advani family?
(a) Their son died because Hermann refused to finance his care.
(b) Hermann was able to finance all of their care, and treat their son for free.
(c) They held a fundraiser to help offset the costs of their son's care.
(d) Hermann had to cut them off and send them to another hospital.

4. What is the committee's ultimate decision?
(a) They decide to keep Taylor on life support.
(b) They decide to send Taylor to another hospital.
(c) They decide to leave the life support decision to Taylor's parents.
(d) They decide to remove Taylor's life support.

5. What happens to Patrick at the end of Chapter 12?
(a) He goes into remission.
(b) He goes in for surgery.
(c) He is diagnosed with cancer.
(d) He dies.

6. What gives Fran and Carey solace, regarding their decision about Taylor?
(a) Talking to other parents who had to make the same decision.
(b) Knowing that the ethics committee agreed with their decision.
(c) Knowing that ten years later, there is still no cure or treatment for what Taylor had.
(d) A vision that Fran has, in which Taylor visits her.

7. What does Lin Weeks feel that the purpose of medical care is?
(a) To make a patient's loved ones feel that they are doing all they can to help.
(b) To give people healthy, happy lives.
(c) To preserve life, regardless of its quality.
(d) To make people appreciate what they have more.

8. How is Armando's social worker described?
(a) Both emotionally invested, and extremely competent.
(b) Neither emotionally invested nor competent.
(c) Not very competent, but emotionally invested in her clients.
(d) Not very emotional, but extremely competent.

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

10. What happened to the board of trustees who were supposed to oversee the building of the hospital?
(a) They were unable to come to a consensus about any important issues.
(b) They were constantly embroiled in controversy.
(c) They were unable to work with one another.
(d) Several quit, and the board fell apart.

11. What happens to Javier as a result of cases like Patrick's?
(a) They make him question whether he can handle the stress of his job.
(b) They demoralize him, and worry his wife.
(c) They make him wonder if he entered the wrong profession.
(d) They make him wish that there was more that he could do.

12. What part of Taylor's body is continuing to weaken in Chapter 13?
(a) Kidneys.
(b) Lungs.
(c) Brain.
(d) Heart.

13. Who suggests discussing the removal of Taylor's ventilator with the ethics committee?
(a) Sally Olsen.
(b) David MacDougall.
(c) Sharon Crandell.
(d) Eugene Adcock.

14. 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.

15. What disease does Landon have?
(a) Cerebral palsy.
(b) Spina bifida.
(c) Muscular dystrophy.
(d) Spinal meningitis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Methodist Hospital?

2. What emotions is Armando experiencing in Chapter 9?

3. Why is Armando able to find peace at Bart's?

4. What is Sharon Crandell's argument against letting Landon die?

5. What does Sally do after leaving Hermann?

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