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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 decision is made regarding Patrick at the end of Chapter 17?
(a) They will withdraw his life support, and send him home.
(b) They will continue to try to find new IV feeds, instead of resorting to surgery.
(c) They will try to get him to eat normally, and see how he does.
(d) They will give him surgery, and put him on a DNR.

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

3. What is Margo Cox's profession?
(a) Oncologist.
(b) Pediatric surgeon.
(c) Neonatologist.
(d) Neurologist.

4. What was the founder's stipulation for the funding he left to build a hospital?
(a) The hospital had to be built in a certain area of town.
(b) A large portion of the hospital was to be used for charity care.
(c) It had to be a teaching hospital.
(d) A minimum number of jobs had to be created in the hospital.

5. What does Javier do after leaving Hermann?
(a) He begins working for the insurance company.
(b) He heads up a pediatric service at a small hospital.
(c) He starts his own practice.
(d) He becomes the chairman of the ethics committee at another hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many more children do Fran and Carey have after Taylor and Jake?

2. According to Belkin, what is "First, Do No Harm" about?

3. What does Sally do after leaving Hermann?

4. Who is Armando's doctor?

5. What does Mary try to procure for Armando?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What condition does Landon have, and why?

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

4. What is Armando's mental state at the beginning of Chapter 9?

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

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

7. How is Patrick's condition changing in Chapter 12?

8. What is the hospital's situation when the book was written in 1988?

9. What happens to Claire and Kenny Sparks in Chapter 21?

10. What does Mary try to do for Armando in Chapter 18?

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