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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How does Fran get to the hospital?
(a) By car.
(b) By ambulance.
(c) On foot.
(d) By helicopter.
2. What status is Patrick given by the committee?
(a) OCR.
(b) Supportive Protocol II.
(c) DNR.
(d) Supportive Protocol I.
3. How does Patrick feel about his condition?
(a) He tries not to focus on it, and just wants to be normal.
(b) He hates living the way he does, and is, at times, suicidal.
(c) He is hyper-aware of his condition, to the point of being a hypochondriac.
(d) He doesn't really understand the severity of his condition.
4. What does Teresa want to do?
(a) Donate money to the pediatric wing of the hospital.
(b) Establish new guidelines for withdrawing life support from patients.
(c) Participate in the ethics committee at Hermann.
(d) Cut funding for uninsured or underinsured patient care.
5. Why does Patrick do things to his IV line?
(a) So he can return to Hermann.
(b) He doesn't like needles.
(c) Because he wants to die.
(d) He wants to be normal.
6. What ethical issue does the Committee debate focus on?
(a) Whether Patrick should stay at the hospital, or go somewhere else.
(b) Whether withdrawing Patrick's life support is "giving up," or letting nature take its course.
(c) How Patrick should be told that his mother has decided to withdraw his life support.
(d) Whether it is right to withdraw life support if Patrick's mother can't pay, considering the hospital's already massive debt.
7. What happened to Matthew?
(a) He had cerebral palsy.
(b) He was healthy.
(c) He was stillborn.
(d) He died after two days.
8. What is the main focus of the Ethics Committee?
(a) The withdrawal of life support.
(b) Handling malpractice complaints.
(c) Ensuring the ethical practices of doctors.
(d) Finding ways to help patients' families.
9. How does Patrick feel about the decision made in Chapter 7?
(a) He solemnly agrees with the doctor.
(b) He doesn't appear to understand when they attempt to explain it.
(c) He throws a fit, screaming and trying to rip out his IVs.
(d) They don't bother him with it.
10. How much do Jake and Taylor weigh?
(a) Between two and three pounds.
(b) Less than two pounds.
(c) Between four and five pounds.
(d) Between three and four pounds.
11. What is the biggest risk involving Patrick's IV line?
(a) It is very expensive to maintain.
(b) It can get infected.
(c) It can interfere with his breathing.
(d) It needs to be closely monitored.
12. How does Javier feel about Patrick?
(a) He is attached to Patrick, and this burdens him because he is also responsible for all of the other children at the hospital.
(b) He is not sure if he thinks Patrick is spoiled, or simply attention-starved.
(c) He thinks he is too demanding, and at times paranoid about his condition.
(d) He is more attached to him than the other hospital staff.
13. In what year did Teresa have her children?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1985.
14. How is Oria Dismuke described?
(a) Oblivious of her son's suffering, caring only about herself.
(b) Exhausted by her work, and depressed about her son.
(c) A good mother, who does everything she can for her son.
(d) Compassionate, but not very intelligent.
15. Which baby is born first?
(a) They are born at the same time, via Caesarian section.
(b) Taylor.
(c) Jake.
(d) It is not specified.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Patrick's illness do to him?
2. Why do Fran and Carey dislike Sharon Crandell?
3. What is the significance of Patrick's medical chart?
4. What is causing Patrick excess suffering?
5. What did Armando do when he was 17?
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