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

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

3. Hermann was caught up in scandals until when?
(a) The 1950s.
(b) The 1980s.
(c) The 1970s.
(d) The 1960s.

4. What is immediately noticeable about Landon when he is born?
(a) He is missing several fingers and toes.
(b) He has a large red mass on his back.
(c) He has difficulty breathing.
(d) His eyes remain closed.

5. What was the founder's stipulation for the funding he left to build a hospital?
(a) A minimum number of jobs had to be created in the hospital.
(b) It had to be a teaching hospital.
(c) The hospital had to be built in a certain area of town.
(d) A large portion of the hospital was to be used for charity care.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Dahlia?

2. How does the Total Life Care Center keep its operating costs down?

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

4. Why is the financial administrator's job unpopular?

5. In which month does Chapter 11 end?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Armando when he arrives at his new facility?

2. What happens to Claire and Kenny Sparks in Chapter 21?

3. What is Hermann Hospital's financial situation?

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

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

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

7. What does Dr. Butler tell Kenny, in Chapter 23, regarding Landon's condition and treatment?

8. Why did the courts revise Hermann's will after his death?

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

10. What are the guidelines the Committee must follow regarding withdrawing life support, as set forth by Randy in Chapter 25?

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