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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 emotions is Armando experiencing in Chapter 9?
(a) Cautious hope and optimism.
(b) Peace and acceptance.
(c) Panic and despair.
(d) Resignation and depression.

2. Who is Dahlia?
(a) Armando's occupational therapist.
(b) Armando's speech therapist.
(c) Armando's niece.
(d) Armando's sister.

3. What is immediately noticeable about Landon when he is born?
(a) He has difficulty breathing.
(b) His eyes remain closed.
(c) He has a large red mass on his back.
(d) He is missing several fingers and toes.

4. How is Armando's social worker described?
(a) Both emotionally invested, and extremely competent.
(b) Not very competent, but emotionally invested in her clients.
(c) Not very emotional, but extremely competent.
(d) Neither emotionally invested nor competent.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Armando able to find peace at Bart's?

2. How many years after the founder's death did it take for the hospital to start being built?

3. Hermann was caught up in scandals until when?

4. What part of Taylor's body is continuing to weaken in Chapter 13?

5. Who is Armando's social worker?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the other two hospitals in Houston?

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

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

4. What happens with Taylor's ventilator in Chapter 13?

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

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

7. What condition does Landon have, and why?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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