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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In August, from what does Patrick increasingly suffer?
(a) Seizures.
(b) The side effects of his antibiotics.
(c) Aches and pains.
(d) Heart problems.

5. What is Armando not allowed to do at the Total Life Care Center?
(a) Have his family bring food to him.
(b) Be rude to the nurses.
(c) Have his family come to visit.
(d) Have female visitors.

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

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

8. What has Armando's doctor kept from him?
(a) The fact that his condition is probably permanent.
(b) The fact that he needs an extremely risky surgery.
(c) The fact that he is going to need to be transferred to a nursing home.
(d) The fact that his family refuses to sign his consent forms.

9. Why is it difficult for Landon to leave the house?
(a) He needs a special van to transport him.
(b) He has bedsores.
(c) He gets made fun of.
(d) He cannot walk right.

10. What happens to Patrick at the end of Chapter 12?
(a) He dies.
(b) He goes in for surgery.
(c) He is diagnosed with cancer.
(d) He goes into remission.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sharon Crandell's argument against letting Landon die?

2. What happened as Hermann continued to grow?

3. What device helps Armando to talk?

4. Patrick is able to absorb even fewer nutrients due to what?

5. Why is the financial administrator's job unpopular?

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