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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What changed as a result of the courts' revisions to the founder's will?
(a) The hospital was founded as a teaching hospital.
(b) Charity care shrunk, as the hospital became increasingly unable to afford it.
(c) The hospital hired fewer doctors in order to purchase more up-to-date equipment.
(d) The pediatric wing was larger, and the oncology wing shrank.

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

3. Who is Armando's social worker?
(a) Norma McNair.
(b) Cindy Walker.
(c) Sharon Crandell.
(d) Mary Coffey.

4. Who is Landon's attending surgeon?
(a) Jose Garcia.
(b) Sharon Crandell.
(c) Eugene Adcock.
(d) Richard Wright.

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

6. Why does Fran want to remove Taylor's ventilator?
(a) She doesn't want Taylor to live because she will have too many health problems.
(b) It appears to make Taylor uncomfortable.
(c) Their insurance won't cover it any longer.
(d) She wants to see if Taylor can breathe on her own.

7. In which month does Chapter 11 end?
(a) July.
(b) August.
(c) December.
(d) October.

8. What is Margo Cox's profession?
(a) Oncologist.
(b) Neurologist.
(c) Neonatologist.
(d) Pediatric surgeon.

9. Who is Dahlia?
(a) Armando's niece.
(b) Armando's occupational therapist.
(c) Armando's sister.
(d) Armando's speech therapist.

10. Who is Armando's physical therapist?
(a) Sharon Crandell.
(b) Mary Coffey.
(c) Norma McNair.
(d) Cindy Walker.

11. What happened to the Advani family?
(a) Their son died because Hermann refused to finance his care.
(b) Hermann was able to finance all of their care, and treat their son for free.
(c) Hermann had to cut them off and send them to another hospital.
(d) They held a fundraiser to help offset the costs of their son's care.

12. Why does Lin Weeks step down from her position as chair of the ethics committee?
(a) She wanted to try something new.
(b) She didn't like the committee's work.
(c) She ran out of time and enthusiasm.
(d) She disagreed with the other members' opinions too often.

13. What happened as Hermann continued to grow?
(a) It hired more interns and student doctors.
(b) It hired better and more prestigious doctors.
(c) It was incorporated with other medical facilities.
(d) It started to compete with other local area hospitals.

14. What is an enormous burden on the medical system?
(a) Elderly care.
(b) The uninsured.
(c) Immigrants.
(d) Women's health.

15. Who is Hermann's chief pediatric surgeon?
(a) David MacDougall.
(b) Richard Andrussy.
(c) Hazel Mitchell.
(d) Lin Weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Javier as a result of cases like Patrick's?

2. What device helps Armando to talk?

3. What does Hazel want to avoid at the end of Chapter 11?

4. Why is Armando's doctor frustrated with Armando's family?

5. How is Ben Taub described?

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