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

2. Who is Armando's doctor?

3. What is the situation of Hermann at the time the book was written?

4. What does Mary try to procure for Armando?

5. Who founded Hermann Hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Cindy Walker?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the personality and actions of Patrick Dismuke. Why was he so close to the hospital staff? How did he endear himself to them? How did they handle his death? Did their emotional attachment to him affect the way they treated his condition? Why or why not? Why did he go to such lengths to return to Hermann? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

Kenny Sparks was overwhelmed by the information he was given regarding his son, and two doctors were fighting over their opinions of what he should do. Should a doctor be allowed to give his or her personal opinion regarding what a patient's guardian should choose to do? Or should they simply give the patients' families medical information? In a case like Landon's, when the two doctors have such widely differing opinions, how should it be settled? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

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