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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. Who is the financial administrator at Hermann?
(a) Dexter Advani.
(b) Lin Weeks.
(c) Hazel Mitchell.
(d) Ben Taub.

2. The courts revised the hospital founder's will to allow for what?
(a) A different building site.
(b) A different name for the hospital.
(c) Different financial arrangements.
(d) A bigger percentage of pediatric patients.

3. How many years after the founder's death did it take for the hospital to start being built?
(a) Five.
(b) Ten.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

4. Who is Armando's social worker?
(a) Norma McNair.
(b) Mary Coffey.
(c) Sharon Crandell.
(d) Cindy Walker.

5. How is Ben Taub described?
(a) A poorer, publicly-funded hospital that deals with uninsured patients.
(b) A very small, exclusive private hospital that caters only to those who can pay cash for their care.
(c) A large, well-funded private hospital.
(d) A small, well-funded private hospital, that deals with uninsured patients.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Lee Zacharias?

2. What gives Fran and Carey solace, regarding their decision about Taylor?

3. What is the main question debated by the committee in Chapter 14?

4. In what year did the hospital finally open?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What condition does Landon have, and why?

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

9. What are the other two hospitals in Houston?

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

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