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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Patrick choose the treatment option he does, in Chapter 20?
(a) He wants them to do whatever they can to give him a normal life again.
(b) He wants to avoid the daily ritual of fishing for veins with the IVs.
(c) He doesn't want any more treatments, because he wants to die.
(d) He is afraid of surgery.

3. 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.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many more children do Fran and Carey have after Taylor and Jake?

2. Who is Hermann's chief pediatric surgeon?

3. What was the founder's stipulation for the funding he left to build a hospital?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Mary Coffey's relationship with Armando?

2. What happens when Norma tells Armando about his condition?

3. Who was the founder of Hermann Hospital, and how did he make his fortune?

4. How does Hermann fit in with the other two hospitals in Houston?

5. What happens to the Sparks family, in the four years following the events in the book?

6. What happens with Taylor's ventilator in Chapter 13?

7. What condition does Landon have, and why?

8. What is the hospital's situation when the book was written in 1988?

9. How does Armando behave with his nurses at Hermann?

10. Why wasn't Hermann Hospital built right away?

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