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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 changed as a result of the courts' revisions to the founder's will?
(a) The hospital hired fewer doctors in order to purchase more up-to-date equipment.
(b) The hospital was founded as a teaching hospital.
(c) The pediatric wing was larger, and the oncology wing shrank.
(d) Charity care shrunk, as the hospital became increasingly unable to afford it.

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

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

4. How did Claire get pregnant?
(a) They had been trying to conceive, but without fertility drugs.
(b) Accidentally.
(c) Soon after stopping birth control.
(d) After years of fertility treatment.

5. What is an enormous burden on the medical system?
(a) Immigrants.
(b) Elderly care.
(c) The uninsured.
(d) Women's health.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the board of trustees who were supposed to oversee the building of the hospital?

2. What is Armando not allowed to do at the Total Life Care Center?

3. In August, from what does Patrick increasingly suffer?

4. Who is Lee Zacharias?

5. How did the hospital's founder get rich?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Javier after he quit Hermann?

2. According to the author, what does the debate over medical ethics boil down to?

3. What are Hazel Mitchell's responsibilities at Hermann?

4. What is Hermann Hospital's financial situation?

5. What happens to Oria Dismuke after Patrick's death?

6. Why wasn't Hermann Hospital built right away?

7. Who is Cindy Walker?

8. How does Hermann fit in with the other two hospitals in Houston?

9. What happens to Armando when he arrives at his new facility?

10. How does Armando behave with his nurses at Hermann?

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