This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through August, Chapter 12: Patrick, Chapter 13: Taylor, Chapter 14: The Committee, Chapter 15: Armando, Chapter 16: The Cost of Care.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Patrick's illness do to him?
(a) It makes him unable to absorb nutrition from the food he eats.
(b) It makes him unable to digest seeds and vegetable matter.
(c) It makes his intestines unable to extract the water from the food he eats.
(d) Waste stays in his intestines, and damages his intestinal tissue.

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

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

5. What part of Taylor's body is continuing to weaken in Chapter 13?
(a) Heart.
(b) Brain.
(c) Lungs.
(d) Kidneys.