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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Patrick sometimes do to his IV line?
(a) Cuts it open.
(b) Pulls it out.
(c) Pollutes it with feces and dirt.
(d) Blows air into it.

2. Which of the babies is in worse health?
(a) Both are about the same.
(b) Jake.
(c) Doctors aren't sure.
(d) Taylor.

3. Why doesn't Oria want the medical team to tell Patrick about how serious his condition is?
(a) She doesn't want him to give up.
(b) She wants to tell him herself.
(c) She wants him to be happy and not worry.
(d) She is afraid it will adversely affect his recovery.

4. Who are the people at the meeting in Chapter 3?
(a) Financial administrators at the hospital.
(b) Specialists who are consulting about Patrick's treatment.
(c) Renowned pediatricians from other hospitals.
(d) People who know Patrick best.

5. What is Patrick's central IV line for?
(a) It drains fluid from the area around his heart.
(b) It delivers the nutrients his body needs.
(c) It delivers morphine.
(d) It delivers antibiotics.

6. Who is looking at the note at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Sharon Crandell.
(b) Lin Weeks and her secretary.
(c) Eugene Adcock.
(d) Javier and Sally.

7. What do the doctors think Armando's chances of recovery are?
(a) Very low.
(b) Fairly high.
(c) Zero.
(d) Very high.

8. How much time has Patrick spent in the hospital?
(a) He has spent a total of about five years in the hospital.
(b) He has spent very little time in the hospital; most of his care is outpatient.
(c) He has spent a total of about one year in the hospital.
(d) He has spent more time in the hospital than out of it.

9. What disease does Patrick have?
(a) Leukemia.
(b) Hirschsprung's disease.
(c) Lou Gehrig's disease.
(d) Blastocytosis.

10. How many members are on the ethics committee at Hermann?
(a) Twenty-three.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Five.

11. What is the significance of Patrick's medical chart?
(a) It shows that the hospital has tried every treatment available, without success.
(b) It details the rarity of his illness, and the many doctors who have attempted to cure him.
(c) It tracks his life as a series of medical events.
(d) It shows how little involvement his parents have had in his care.

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

13. What started the fight between Armando and the man in Madisonville?
(a) Armando attempted to steal the man's wallet.
(b) Armando spilled his drink on the man's best jacket.
(c) The man was drunk, and Armando gave him water instead of whiskey.
(d) The man made a pass at Armando's girlfriend.

14. How does Patrick feel about the decision made in Chapter 7?
(a) He doesn't appear to understand when they attempt to explain it.
(b) He solemnly agrees with the doctor.
(c) They don't bother him with it.
(d) He throws a fit, screaming and trying to rip out his IVs.

15. What is the biggest risk involving Patrick's IV line?
(a) It can interfere with his breathing.
(b) It is very expensive to maintain.
(c) It can get infected.
(d) It needs to be closely monitored.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Teresa's profession?

2. What hospital is Fran rushed to, a few days after her check-up?

3. What happens to Taylor?

4. When Sharon is rotated out, who is Taylor's new doctor?

5. Why doesn't Patrick's doctor want to give him surgery?

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