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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Armando as a result of this misfortune?

2. Why doesn't Oria want the medical team to tell Patrick about how serious his condition is?

3. Why do Fran and Carey dislike Sharon Crandell?

4. What happened to Armando?

5. What happens on the last day of May?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Armando's condition, at the beginning of Chapter 4?

2. Who is attending the meeting at the beginning of Chapter 3?

3. How is Taylor's appearance described at the beginning of Chapter 6?

4. How does Javier feel about Patrick?

5. Why does Teresa feel that her son is happy?

6. What is the situation of Armando's family?

7. What condition does Patrick have?

8. What question is the Committee facing in Chapter 1?

9. At the end of Chapter 7, what does the Ethics Committee decide regarding Patrick?

10. What is the purpose of the Ethics Committee?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the personality and actions of Oria Dismuke. Do you feel that she is a bad mother, as many of the hospital staff do, for not being more involved in her son's life? Or is she, as she claims, simply exhausted by working so much, and giving her son's care over to people who are more capable, and know him better than she does? Do you think her reaction to her son's death is normal and healthy? Why or why not? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

Compare Hermann Hospital to the other major hospitals in Houston, Ben Taub and Methodist. How does Hermann fit in with the other two? What sort of experience do Hermann's patients get in comparison to the other hospitals' patients? Why? Should Hermann strive to become more like one of the other hospitals? If so, which one? If not, why? Why does Belkin compare Hermann to these other hospitals? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

Claire Sparks blames herself for Landon's condition, because he was conceived as the result of years of fertility treatments. Are fertility treatments safe for mother and baby? Do you think that the fertility treatments had an adverse effect on Landon's health? Why or why not? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

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