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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 is immediately noticeable about Landon when he is born?

2. When are Armando's negative emotions at their peak?

3. What is the Total Life Care Center also called?

4. What is Claire doing at the beginning of Chapter 21?

5. What does Hazel want to avoid at the end of Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Javier after he quit Hermann?

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

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

4. What condition does Landon have, and why?

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

6. What is Hermann Hospital's financial situation?

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

8. What is the Committee's decision regarding Taylor, in Chapter 16?

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

10. Who is Cindy Walker?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Most of the patients Belkin discusses are poor, and cannot afford their medical care. What do you think a hospital should be required to do in situations when people cannot afford their own care? Should the hospitals be responsible for giving people all of the care they need, regardless of the cost, and give the uninsured equal treatment? Or should there be a limit to what hospitals are required to provide, due to financial limitations? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the individuals on the Ethics Committee. What are their respective opinions about medical care, and life support? How do their opinions clash with one another, at times? Do you think that their level of comfort with one another is detrimental to their ability to work as a team to help patients? Why or why not? If they met more often, and not so sporadically, would they get along better? Why or why not? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

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