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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. How much time elapsed between the events, and the book being written?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Three years.
(c) Four years.
(d) Seven years.

4. What happened to the board of trustees who were supposed to oversee the building of the hospital?
(a) Several quit, and the board fell apart.
(b) They were constantly embroiled in controversy.
(c) They were unable to come to a consensus about any important issues.
(d) They were unable to work with one another.

5. What is Armando's family status?
(a) Married.
(b) Widowed.
(c) Divorced.
(d) Single, but living with his girlfriend.

6. What is Taylor's appearance like in Chapter 13?
(a) She is thin and delicate-looking.
(b) She is gaining weight, and appears healthier.
(c) She is turning blue around her lips and extremities.
(d) She is swollen, and her skin is stretching and splitting.

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

8. What is the Total Life Care Center also called?
(a) Hermina's.
(b) TLC.
(c) Bart's.
(d) Life Care.

9. What fact must the ethics committee face?
(a) They must cut the jobs of approximately 100 staff.
(b) They cannot afford to give everyone the care they need.
(c) The hospital is going to go bankrupt.
(d) The hospital must go from privately-funded to publicly-funded.

10. What is immediately noticeable about Landon when he is born?
(a) His eyes remain closed.
(b) He has a large red mass on his back.
(c) He has difficulty breathing.
(d) He is missing several fingers and toes.

11. Who is the financial administrator at Hermann?
(a) Hazel Mitchell.
(b) Lin Weeks.
(c) Dexter Advani.
(d) Ben Taub.

12. What disease does Landon have?
(a) Cerebral palsy.
(b) Spina bifida.
(c) Muscular dystrophy.
(d) Spinal meningitis.

13. What does Mary try to procure for Armando?
(a) A walker.
(b) Better food.
(c) A better wheelchair.
(d) A better bed.

14. How does Armando respond when asked if he wants to be placed on a DNR?
(a) He says he needs time to think about it.
(b) He strongly declines.
(c) He agrees.
(d) He wants more information before deciding.

15. How does the Total Life Care Center keep its operating costs down?
(a) By hiring student doctors and nurses.
(b) By reducing the number of nurses needed.
(c) By purchasing used equipment from other hospitals.
(d) By only accepting patients whose families can afford their care.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Belkin, what is "First, Do No Harm" about?

2. What happened to the Advani family?

3. What changed as a result of the courts' revisions to the founder's will?

4. Why is it difficult for Landon to leave the house?

5. What happens to Landon, as the result of a high fever?

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