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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the hospital's founder get rich?
(a) He got a high-paying executive job.
(b) He inherited a large sum of money.
(c) He invested in oil.
(d) He won the lottery.

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

3. 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 started to compete with other local area hospitals.
(d) It was incorporated with other medical facilities.

4. How does Claire give birth to Landon?
(a) Vaginally, without painkillers.
(b) Via a scheduled Caesarian section.
(c) Vaginally, with painkillers.
(d) Via an emergency Caesarian section.

5. What does Javier do after leaving Hermann?
(a) He heads up a pediatric service at a small hospital.
(b) He becomes the chairman of the ethics committee at another hospital.
(c) He starts his own practice.
(d) He begins working for the insurance company.

6. What happens to Armando when he leaves Bart's?
(a) His family cares for him at home.
(b) He goes to live in a halfway house.
(c) He goes to another long-term care facility.
(d) He goes back to Hermann.

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

8. Why is the financial administrator's job unpopular?
(a) Because she sometimes has to say no to doctors' requests.
(b) Because she must weigh morality and financial costs.
(c) Because she has to deal with the insurance companies.
(d) Because she has to admit that there are limitations to what the hospital can afford.

9. What device helps Armando to talk?
(a) A TTY machine.
(b) A text-to-speech device.
(c) A talking trach.
(d) None; he still can't talk.

10. What decision is made regarding Patrick at the end of Chapter 17?
(a) They will give him surgery, and put him on a DNR.
(b) They will withdraw his life support, and send him home.
(c) They will try to get him to eat normally, and see how he does.
(d) They will continue to try to find new IV feeds, instead of resorting to surgery.

11. Hermann was caught up in scandals until when?
(a) The 1950s.
(b) The 1970s.
(c) The 1980s.
(d) The 1960s.

12. What is the committee's ultimate decision?
(a) They decide to remove Taylor's life support.
(b) They decide to send Taylor to another hospital.
(c) They decide to keep Taylor on life support.
(d) They decide to leave the life support decision to Taylor's parents.

13. What does Sally do after leaving Hermann?
(a) She leaves the medical field entirely.
(b) She runs a pediatric clinic at a small hospital.
(c) She goes back to school to get her medical license.
(d) She stays with Javier, working for him at his new job.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much debt does Hermann have?

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

3. What is Armando's family status?

4. What emotions is Armando experiencing in Chapter 9?

5. What fact must the ethics committee face?

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