View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Taylor?
(a) She goes home with Fran and Carey.
(b) She lives, but must remain on the ventilator in the hospital.
(c) She dies.
(d) She gets pneumonia.

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

3. Who is Richard Weir?
(a) Patrick's play therapist.
(b) Patrick's lawyer.
(c) Patrick's social worker.
(d) Patrick's doctor.

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

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

6. Who are Fran and Carey Poarch?
(a) A couple, pregnant with fraternal twins.
(b) A rich couple, and benefactors of the hospital.
(c) Patrick's parents.
(d) Doctors at the hospital.

7. What status is the committee considering giving to Patrick?
(a) Priority status on the list of potential organ recipients.
(b) DNR, or "Do Not Resuscitate."
(c) High-priority care status.
(d) A recipient of pro bono charity care.

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

9. Who is Sally Olsen?
(a) Javier's assistant.
(b) The hospital's financial administrator.
(c) Patrick's social worker.
(d) Patrick's doctor.

10. Who is Fran's obstetrician?
(a) Eugene Adcock.
(b) Jane Reed.
(c) Sharon Crandell.
(d) Sally Olsen.

11. Who is Virginia Lennox?
(a) Taylor's doctor.
(b) Taylor's aunt.
(c) One of the nurses in the NICU.
(d) Taylor's social worker.

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

13. What are Patrick's doctors supposed to do, given his status?
(a) They are required to do all they can to save his life.
(b) They are required to stop treatment if he goes into cardiac arrest.
(c) They can do whatever they think is right, given the situation.
(d) They are allowed to continue treatment under certain circumstances.

14. What happened to Armando as a result of this misfortune?
(a) He eventually died.
(b) He had both legs amputated.
(c) He was paralyzed from the chin down.
(d) His left side was paralyzed.

15. What decision is made, in Chapter 7, regarding Patrick?
(a) He is placed on a DNR.
(b) He will be transferred to another hospital.
(c) He will be taken off of life support.
(d) He will not have the surgery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Armando and his family come from?

2. Who is the chairman of the Institutional Ethics Committee?

3. Who wrote the note at the beginning of Chapter 5?

4. What happens to Taylor near the end of Chapter 6?

5. What is wrong with Taylor and Jake?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 508 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample