3. Why does Patrick choose the treatment option he does, in Chapter 20?
(a) He doesn't want any more treatments, because he wants to die.
(b) He wants them to do whatever they can to give him a normal life again.
(c) He wants to avoid the daily ritual of fishing for veins with the IVs.
(d) He is afraid of surgery.

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

5. How is Armando's social worker described?
(a) Neither emotionally invested nor competent.
(b) Both emotionally invested, and extremely competent.
(c) Not very competent, but emotionally invested in her clients.
(d) Not very emotional, but extremely competent.

6. How much debt does Hermann have?
(a) $2 trillion.
(b) $6 million.
(c) $10 million.
(d) $4 million.

7. Who suggests discussing the removal of Taylor's ventilator with the ethics committee?
(a) Sharon Crandell.
(b) David MacDougall.
(c) Eugene Adcock.
(d) Sally Olsen.

8. What does Lin Weeks feel that the purpose of medical care is?
(a) To make a patient's loved ones feel that they are doing all they can to help.
(b) To give people healthy, happy lives.
(c) To make people appreciate what they have more.
(d) To preserve life, regardless of its quality.

9. What part of Taylor's body is continuing to weaken in Chapter 13?
(a) Kidneys.
(b) Heart.
(c) Lungs.
(d) Brain.

10. The courts revised the hospital founder's will to allow for what?
(a) A bigger percentage of pediatric patients.
(b) A different building site.
(c) Different financial arrangements.
(d) A different name for the hospital.

11. Why does Claire get rushed to the hospital in Chapter 21?
(a) Her water breaks.
(b) She is bleeding from her womb.
(c) She can't feel the baby kicking.
(d) She is having difficulty breathing.

12. How many years after the founder's death did it take for the hospital to start being built?
(a) Ten.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

13. What is Claire doing at the beginning of Chapter 21?
(a) Laying in a hospital bed, watching television.
(b) Preparing her unborn child's nursery.
(c) Cooking dinner for her husband.
(d) Rushing to the hospital.

14. How often does Lin Weeks deal with death?
(a) More often than she'd like.
(b) On a daily basis.
(c) As infrequently as she can.
(d) She avoids it at all costs.

15. What is the situation of Hermann at the time the book was written?
(a) It is large and prestigious, but in debt and with a reputation marred by scandal.
(b) It is small, nearly bankrupt, and losing patients rapidly.
(c) It is the largest hospital in the state, with the largest percentage of charity cases.
(d) It is large and prestigious, having solved many of its financial problems and restored its reputation.