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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who founded Hermann Hospital?
(a) Jeffrey Hermann Wilcox.
(b) Hermann Muenster.
(c) George Henry Hermann.
(d) Hermann von Glick.

2. Who is Javier's department chairman?
(a) Sally Olsen.
(b) Lin Weeks.
(c) Richard Wright.
(d) Jan Van Eys.

3. What is expected to happen to Hermann's financial situation?
(a) It is expected to stay much the same.
(b) It is expected to worsen.
(c) It is expected to improve.
(d) No one really knows.

4. Who is Armando's social worker?
(a) Sharon Crandell.
(b) Norma McNair.
(c) Cindy Walker.
(d) Mary Coffey.

5. In which month does Chapter 11 end?
(a) December.
(b) August.
(c) July.
(d) October.

6. How does Armando respond when asked if he wants to be placed on a DNR?
(a) He agrees.
(b) He says he needs time to think about it.
(c) He strongly declines.
(d) He wants more information before deciding.

7. What is Sharon Crandell's argument against letting Landon die?
(a) There is no guarantee that he will have the disabilities they are predicting.
(b) They're still not sure that his condition isn't treatable.
(c) Financial concerns should not be the deciding factor in determining patient care.
(d) The committee can't make decisions about who lives and dies based on the quality of their life.

8. Who is Lee Zacharias?
(a) Director of social work.
(b) Financial administrator.
(c) The hospital's lawyer.
(d) Director of pediatric medicine.

9. How does the Total Life Care Center keep its operating costs down?
(a) By only accepting patients whose families can afford their care.
(b) By purchasing used equipment from other hospitals.
(c) By hiring student doctors and nurses.
(d) By reducing the number of nurses needed.

10. Who is Landon's attending surgeon?
(a) Eugene Adcock.
(b) Sharon Crandell.
(c) Richard Wright.
(d) Jose Garcia.

11. How much time elapsed between the events, and the book being written?
(a) Three years.
(b) Four years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Seven years.

12. In what year did the hospital finally open?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1925.

13. Patrick is able to absorb even fewer nutrients due to what?
(a) His antibiotics.
(b) His kidney problems.
(c) His heart arrhythmia.
(d) His constant vomiting.

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

15. How did the hospital's founder get rich?
(a) He inherited a large sum of money.
(b) He won the lottery.
(c) He invested in oil.
(d) He got a high-paying executive job.

Short Answer Questions

1. What decision is made regarding Patrick at the end of Chapter 17?

2. What does Hazel want to avoid at the end of Chapter 11?

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

4. What is the situation of Hermann at the time the book was written?

5. How often does Lin Weeks deal with death?

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