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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. What is Taylor's biggest health problem?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) Cerebral palsy.
(c) Leukemia.
(d) Underdeveloped lungs.

2. What does Patrick's illness do to him?
(a) It makes his intestines unable to extract the water from the food he eats.
(b) Waste stays in his intestines, and damages his intestinal tissue.
(c) It makes him unable to absorb nutrition from the food he eats.
(d) It makes him unable to digest seeds and vegetable matter.

3. How long was Patrick's central IV line supposed to last?
(a) Indefinitely.
(b) For the rest of his life.
(c) For as long as he needed it.
(d) For just a short time.

4. What does Fran's obstetrician do for her at her last check-up?
(a) She gives Fran drugs, and sends her home.
(b) She tells Fran not to worry, the problem is not as serious as she thinks.
(c) She recommends a Caesarian section.
(d) She admits her to the hospital for observation.

5. What happens to Patrick's line, as a result of his tampering?
(a) It gets increasingly infected, and needs to be replaced.
(b) Nothing, but the hospital staff are angry with him.
(c) It breaks, and he goes into cardiac arrest.
(d) It is disconnected, and they try to find another way to deliver his medications.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Fran and Carey begin to worry about, as the weeks go on?

2. What did Armando do when he was 17?

3. What system in Patrick's body is affected by his disease?

4. How does Armando's family feel about his condition?

5. What happens to Taylor?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Taylor's appearance described at the beginning of Chapter 6?

2. What is the composition of the Ethics Committee?

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

4. How does Patrick feel about the hospital and its staff, compared to his home and family?

5. What is Fran's treatment when she first arrives at Hermann?

6. On what question does the Ethics Committee's debate center in Chapter 1?

7. What is the situation of Armando's family?

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

9. Why does Teresa feel that her son is happy?

10. What are Sally Olsen's duties and abilities?

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