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

2. Why does Patrick choose the treatment option he does, in Chapter 20?
(a) He is afraid of surgery.
(b) He wants them to do whatever they can to give him a normal life again.
(c) He wants to avoid the daily ritual of fishing for veins with the IVs.
(d) He doesn't want any more treatments, because he wants to die.

3. Who discusses Armando's condition with him?
(a) Cindy Walker.
(b) Lin Weeks.
(c) David MacDougall.
(d) Norma McNair.

4. What does Hazel want to avoid at the end of Chapter 11?
(a) Eliminating charity care.
(b) Another scandal.
(c) Another situation like the Advanis.
(d) Bankruptcy for the hospital.

5. Who is Landon's attending surgeon?
(a) Sharon Crandell.
(b) Richard Wright.
(c) Jose Garcia.
(d) Eugene Adcock.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lin Weeks step down from her position as chair of the ethics committee?

2. What initially happened to the money that the founder left behind for the construction of the hospital?

3. How often does Lin Weeks deal with death?

4. How did Claire get pregnant?

5. When are Armando's negative emotions at their peak?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did the courts revise Hermann's will after his death?

3. Where does the Committee decide to send Armando in Chapter 18?

4. What happens when Norma tells Armando about his condition?

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

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

7. What is Hermann Hospital's financial situation?

8. What condition does Landon have, and why?

9. Who was the founder of Hermann Hospital, and how did he make his fortune?

10. What happens to the Sparks family, in the four years following the events in the book?

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