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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Teresa often see the Sparks?
(a) At the mall.
(b) At the doctor's office.
(c) At the grocery store.
(d) At their home.

2. What is Margo Cox's profession?
(a) Pediatric surgeon.
(b) Oncologist.
(c) Neonatologist.
(d) Neurologist.

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

4. 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) They aren't entirely sure what is wrong with him, and the testing may kill him before the disease would.
(d) The surgery will make him extremely uncomfortable, and isn't guaranteed to save him.

5. Why is it difficult for Landon to leave the house?
(a) He needs a special van to transport him.
(b) He has bedsores.
(c) He gets made fun of.
(d) He cannot walk right.

6. Why does Lin Weeks step down from her position as chair of the ethics committee?
(a) She didn't like the committee's work.
(b) She disagreed with the other members' opinions too often.
(c) She wanted to try something new.
(d) She ran out of time and enthusiasm.

7. What does Hazel want to avoid at the end of Chapter 11?
(a) Eliminating charity care.
(b) Another situation like the Advanis.
(c) Bankruptcy for the hospital.
(d) Another scandal.

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

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

10. What point does Cindy make, regarding Armando, at the end of Chapter 16?
(a) He will almost definitely live, and therefore he is a liability to the hospital.
(b) His rude behavior toward the nurses shouldn't be tolerated.
(c) His condition is worsening fairly rapidly.
(d) If he doesn't live, it will be bad press for the hospital.

11. What changed as a result of the courts' revisions to the founder's will?
(a) The pediatric wing was larger, and the oncology wing shrank.
(b) The hospital hired fewer doctors in order to purchase more up-to-date equipment.
(c) The hospital was founded as a teaching hospital.
(d) Charity care shrunk, as the hospital became increasingly unable to afford it.

12. Why does Claire get rushed to the hospital in Chapter 21?
(a) She is having difficulty breathing.
(b) Her water breaks.
(c) She is bleeding from her womb.
(d) She can't feel the baby kicking.

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

14. Who is Armando's doctor?
(a) Sharon Crandell.
(b) Lin Weeks.
(c) Eugene Adcock.
(d) David MacDougall.

15. How many years after the founder's death did it take for the hospital to start being built?
(a) Ten.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) One.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Javier's department chairman?

2. What initially happened to the money that the founder left behind for the construction of the hospital?

3. What does Javier do after leaving Hermann?

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

5. What is expected to happen to Hermann's financial situation?

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