2. Why does Dr. Butler suggest to Kenny that they may "let nature take its course" with Landon?
(a) The surgery will make him extremely uncomfortable, and isn't guaranteed to save him.
(b) They aren't entirely sure what is wrong with him, and the testing may kill him before the disease would.
(c) His treatment is incredibly expensive, and Kenny and Claire can't afford it.
(d) He may have severe mental and physical handicaps later in life.

3. Who discusses Armando's condition with him?
(a) Norma McNair.
(b) Lin Weeks.
(c) Cindy Walker.
(d) David MacDougall.

4. What is Methodist Hospital?
(a) A small, publicly-funded hospital that deals with uninsured patients.
(b) A small, privately-funded hospital that caters only to those who can pay cash for their care.
(c) A large, privately-funded hospital that deals with uninsured patients.
(d) The largest privately-funded hospital in the world.

5. How is Ben Taub described?
(a) A large, well-funded private hospital.
(b) A poorer, publicly-funded hospital that deals with uninsured patients.
(c) A very small, exclusive private hospital that caters only to those who can pay cash for their care.
(d) A small, well-funded private hospital, that deals with uninsured patients.

6. How much is Armando's bill to date?
(a) $57,000.
(b) $24,000.
(c) $64,000.
(d) $43,000.

7. What is expected to happen to Hermann's financial situation?
(a) No one really knows.
(b) It is expected to worsen.
(c) It is expected to stay much the same.
(d) It is expected to improve.

8. When are Armando's negative emotions at their peak?
(a) At night.
(b) When his doctors talk to him.
(c) When his family is around.
(d) During the day.

9. What happens to Landon, as the result of a high fever?
(a) He dies.
(b) He goes blind.
(c) He has a seizure.
(d) He gets brain damage.

10. What is the main question debated by the committee in Chapter 14?
(a) How doctors should weigh the risks of different treatments.
(b) Whether the quantity or quality of life matters more.
(c) Whether patients' needs should outweigh financial concerns.
(d) Whether Taylor will be able to survive without the ventilator.

11. How did Claire get pregnant?
(a) They had been trying to conceive, but without fertility drugs.
(b) Soon after stopping birth control.
(c) After years of fertility treatment.
(d) Accidentally.

12. Who founded Hermann Hospital?
(a) George Henry Hermann.
(b) Hermann Muenster.
(c) Jeffrey Hermann Wilcox.
(d) Hermann von Glick.

13. What happens to Javier as a result of cases like Patrick's?
(a) They demoralize him, and worry his wife.
(b) They make him wonder if he entered the wrong profession.
(c) They make him wish that there was more that he could do.
(d) They make him question whether he can handle the stress of his job.

14. What is Sharon Crandell's argument against letting Landon die?
(a) The committee can't make decisions about who lives and dies based on the quality of their life.
(b) Financial concerns should not be the deciding factor in determining patient care.
(c) They're still not sure that his condition isn't treatable.
(d) There is no guarantee that he will have the disabilities they are predicting.

15. What gives Fran and Carey solace, regarding their decision about Taylor?
(a) A vision that Fran has, in which Taylor visits her.
(b) Talking to other parents who had to make the same decision.
(c) Knowing that the ethics committee agreed with their decision.
(d) Knowing that ten years later, there is still no cure or treatment for what Taylor had.