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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Patrick feel about the hospital?
(a) He despises it.
(b) He doesn't like it, but tolerates it well.
(c) He prefers it to his home.
(d) He sees it as a second home.

2. What is Teresa's profession?
(a) Pilot.
(b) Pediatrician.
(c) Oncologist.
(d) Engineer.

3. What happens when Oria tries to broach the subject of death with Patrick?
(a) He speaks in a mature, matter-of-fact manner about what he thinks will happen.
(b) He refuses to talk about it, and she never brings it up again.
(c) He doesn't seem as concerned as she thinks he should be.
(d) He gets so upset, he is almost inconsolable.

4. How does Fran get to the hospital?
(a) By car.
(b) By ambulance.
(c) By helicopter.
(d) On foot.

5. What ethical issue does the Committee debate focus on?
(a) Whether it is right to withdraw life support if Patrick's mother can't pay, considering the hospital's already massive debt.
(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) How Patrick should be told that his mother has decided to withdraw his life support.

6. What has gone wrong that might induce premature labor for Fran?
(a) She gave herself a hernia lifting something heavy.
(b) She took too much aspirin.
(c) Her cervix has thinned.
(d) She has diabetes.

7. Why does Patrick do things to his IV line?
(a) He doesn't like needles.
(b) So he can return to Hermann.
(c) He wants to be normal.
(d) Because he wants to die.

8. What do Fran and Carey want to do with Taylor at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) They want to move her to another hospital.
(b) They want to put her on a DNR.
(c) They want to bring her home and let her die in peace.
(d) They want to take her off the ventilator and see how she does.

9. Who is the chairman of the Institutional Ethics Committee?
(a) Richard Weir.
(b) Lin Weeks.
(c) Shannon Crandell.
(d) Sally Olsen.

10. What status is Patrick given by the committee?
(a) OCR.
(b) Supportive Protocol II.
(c) DNR.
(d) Supportive Protocol I.

11. What happened to Matthew?
(a) He had cerebral palsy.
(b) He was healthy.
(c) He died after two days.
(d) He was stillborn.

12. What hospital is Fran rushed to, a few days after her check-up?
(a) Methodist Hospital.
(b) San Jacinto.
(c) Ben Taub.
(d) Hermann.

13. Why doesn't Patrick's doctor want to give him surgery?
(a) He's not sure it's completely necessary.
(b) It is expensive, and his insurance won't cover it.
(c) It is risky, and will only lead to a new infection.
(d) He isn't sure that he is qualified to do it.

14. What does Teresa want to do?
(a) Establish new guidelines for withdrawing life support from patients.
(b) Cut funding for uninsured or underinsured patient care.
(c) Donate money to the pediatric wing of the hospital.
(d) Participate in the ethics committee at Hermann.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much time has Patrick spent in the hospital?

2. Who is Sally Olsen?

3. What does the hospital do for Fran?

4. How long has Patrick been in and out of the hospital?

5. What is the main focus of the Ethics Committee?

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