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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through July, Chapter 6: Taylor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the doctors have to do to Taylor and Jake?
(a) Give them steroids.
(b) Give them antibiotics.
(c) Put them on a ventilator.
(d) Put them into detox.

2. What happens on the last day of May?
(a) Taylor and Jake are born.
(b) Fran goes in for her last prenatal check-up.
(c) Fran undergoes a Caesarian section.
(d) One of the twins dies.

3. What ethical issue does the Committee debate focus on?
(a) How Patrick should be told that his mother has decided to withdraw his life support.
(b) Whether Patrick should stay at the hospital, or go somewhere else.
(c) Whether withdrawing Patrick's life support is "giving up," or letting nature take its course.
(d) Whether it is right to withdraw life support if Patrick's mother can't pay, considering the hospital's already massive debt.

4. How does Patrick feel about his condition?
(a) He is hyper-aware of his condition, to the point of being a hypochondriac.
(b) He hates living the way he does, and is, at times, suicidal.
(c) He doesn't really understand the severity of his condition.
(d) He tries not to focus on it, and just wants to be normal.

5. How do Fran and Carey feel about Taylor's new doctor?
(a) They dislike him/her as much as they disliked Sharon.
(b) They connect much better.
(c) They want Sharon back.
(d) They don't really care either way.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Fran get to the hospital?

2. Why does Sharon Crandell act the way she does with her patients and their families?

3. When does the ethics committee usually meet?

4. What is causing Patrick excess suffering?

5. Who are the people at the meeting in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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