View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the main question debated by the committee in Chapter 14?
(a) Whether Taylor will be able to survive without the ventilator.
(b) Whether the quantity or quality of life matters more.
(c) Whether patients' needs should outweigh financial concerns.
(d) How doctors should weigh the risks of different treatments.

2. Who is Lee Zacharias?
(a) Director of pediatric medicine.
(b) Director of social work.
(c) Financial administrator.
(d) The hospital's lawyer.

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

4. What happens to Patrick at the end of Chapter 12?
(a) He goes in for surgery.
(b) He goes into remission.
(c) He is diagnosed with cancer.
(d) He dies.

5. 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 he needs an extremely risky surgery.
(d) The fact that his family refuses to sign his consent forms.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does Fran want to remove Taylor's ventilator?

4. Who is the financial administrator at Hermann?

5. Who is Dahlia?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the guidelines the Committee must follow regarding withdrawing life support, as set forth by Randy in Chapter 25?

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

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

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

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

7. What are the other two hospitals in Houston?

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

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

10. What does Dr. Butler tell Kenny, in Chapter 23, regarding Landon's condition and treatment?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 774 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample