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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who discusses Armando's condition with him?
(a) Norma McNair.
(b) Lin Weeks.
(c) David MacDougall.
(d) Cindy Walker.

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

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

5. 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.

6. Who is the financial administrator at Hermann?
(a) Hazel Mitchell.
(b) Dexter Advani.
(c) Lin Weeks.
(d) Ben Taub.

7. 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) Several quit, and the board fell apart.
(c) They were unable to work with one another.
(d) They were constantly embroiled in controversy.

8. Who is Hermann's chief pediatric surgeon?
(a) David MacDougall.
(b) Richard Andrussy.
(c) Hazel Mitchell.
(d) Lin Weeks.

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

10. Why does Dr. Butler suggest to Kenny that they may "let nature take its course" with Landon?
(a) He may have severe mental and physical handicaps later in life.
(b) His treatment is incredibly expensive, and Kenny and Claire can't afford it.
(c) The surgery will make him extremely uncomfortable, and isn't guaranteed to save him.
(d) They aren't entirely sure what is wrong with him, and the testing may kill him before the disease would.

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

12. How is Ben Taub described?
(a) A poorer, publicly-funded hospital that deals with uninsured patients.
(b) A small, well-funded private hospital, that deals with uninsured patients.
(c) A very small, exclusive private hospital that caters only to those who can pay cash for their care.
(d) A large, well-funded private hospital.

13. What is Taylor's appearance like in Chapter 13?
(a) She is swollen, and her skin is stretching and splitting.
(b) She is gaining weight, and appears healthier.
(c) She is turning blue around her lips and extremities.
(d) She is thin and delicate-looking.

14. How did Claire get pregnant?
(a) After years of fertility treatment.
(b) Accidentally.
(c) Soon after stopping birth control.
(d) They had been trying to conceive, but without fertility drugs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Margo Cox's profession?

2. What is an enormous burden on the medical system?

3. What does Javier do after leaving Hermann?

4. What is Armando's family status?

5. What is the main question debated by the committee in Chapter 14?

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