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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Oria Dismuke described?
(a) Oblivious of her son's suffering, caring only about herself.
(b) A good mother, who does everything she can for her son.
(c) Exhausted by her work, and depressed about her son.
(d) Compassionate, but not very intelligent.

2. How is Taylor's appearance described?
(a) She looks stronger every day.
(b) She looks like a normal baby.
(c) She looks healthy, despite all of the equipment surrounding her.
(d) She is tiny, and covered with tubes and electrodes.

3. How does Sharon react to discussing Taylor's treatment?
(a) She refuses to discuss it.
(b) She is resistant to discussing it.
(c) She is warm and caring when answering the Poarchs' questions.
(d) She gets emotional, and has difficulty answering the Poarchs' questions.

4. Who are Fran and Carey Poarch?
(a) A couple, pregnant with fraternal twins.
(b) Patrick's parents.
(c) Doctors at the hospital.
(d) A rich couple, and benefactors of the hospital.

5. What is causing Patrick excess suffering?
(a) His nurses' incompetence.
(b) His antibiotics.
(c) His doctors' indecisiveness.
(d) His family's interference.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who raises the question of whether to withdraw Patrick's IV line?

2. What does David attempt to explain to Armando's family at the end of Chapter 4?

3. Why doesn't Oria want the medical team to tell Patrick about how serious his condition is?

4. Why does Sharon Crandell act the way she does with her patients and their families?

5. How long has Patrick been in and out of the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened on the night that Armando was shot?

2. At the end of Chapter 7, what does the Ethics Committee decide regarding Patrick?

3. What condition does Patrick have?

4. What factors must the Ethics Committee consider in deciding how to treat Patrick?

5. Why did Armando leave Fort Worth to go to Madisonville?

6. What is Oria Dismuke's relationship with Patrick?

7. What is the Institutional Ethics Committee?

8. What is the situation of the Poarch family at the end of Chapter 2?

9. What does Patrick admit to doing in Chapter 7?

10. Who is attending the meeting at the beginning of Chapter 3?

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