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title: Illness, hospitals and children who are very ill — how Mova does on the tests · Religion ethics
description: Lesson 59 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school: 3 of 11 tests right, exam 3 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Illness, hospitals and children who are very ill

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**Tests:** 3 of 11 right · **Exam:** 3 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 10 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 59 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/59-illness-hospitals-and-children-who-are-very-ill/).

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/59-illness-hospitals-and-children-who-are-very-ill/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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A Gen Z teen says, «Cancer = game over, no cap.» («No cap» means «no lie».) What is the truth?

- **1.** Cancer goes away by itself if you just ignore it long enough — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Many people get better with treatment, though nobody can promise — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Cancer is just a bad cold with a long, scary name — no support
- **4.** He is right; nobody has ever survived cancer, not even once, anywhere in the world — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/59-illness-hospitals-and-children-who-are-very-ill/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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A boy from London says, «Sam's bare weird with no hair, bruv, he's like an egg.» («Bare» means «really»; «bruv» means «mate».) What is the right response?

- **1.** Agree with him, so you don't get teased about it yourself — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** That's out of order; leave him alone, and tell a teacher if it goes on — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Pull Sam's hat off to see, then go and tell everyone in the class what's under it — no support
- **4.** Laugh, because Sam really does look a bit like an egg — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/59-illness-hospitals-and-children-who-are-very-ill/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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Mason whispers, «Why is he got all the wires? I don't like it.» What is the best thing to do?

- **1.** Ask a nurse to explain, and hold Grandad's hand — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **2.** Pull out the wires so that Grandad looks normal again — no support
- **3.** Run out of the ward and never come back to visit him — no support
- **4.** Turn off the beeping machines so it's quiet in the room — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 59, line 2: «Picture Mason at Grandad's hospital bed: tubes, wires and beeping machines make him hide behind his mum, until a nurse explains that the machines help Grandad…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «explain» (+2); the same doer «nurse» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/59-illness-hospitals-and-children-who-are-very-ill/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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What would happen if Sam came back to class and everyone with a cold sat next to him?

- **1.** Nothing at all; colds can't hurt anyone, because they are only sniffles and sneezes — no support
- **2.** He might catch an infection, because his body finds germs hard to fight — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **3.** Sam's hair would all grow back at once, from the germs — no support
- **4.** Everyone in the class would catch leukaemia from him in a day — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 58, line 1: «When a grandparent dies, their body has stopped working and they will not wake up or come back; it is very sad, and it is never a child's fault, whatever was s…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «body» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/59-illness-hospitals-and-children-who-are-very-ill/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Lucy, shocked, says, «Kids don't die tho. Only old people do.» What is honest and gentle?

- **1.** Children die all the time everywhere, so she just has to get used to it and stop fussing — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **2.** Right, but only children in faraway countries, not here — no support
- **3.** Most kids live long lives, but sadly some get illnesses that can't be cured — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **4.** Right, children cannot die of anything; only old people do — score -4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 45, line 9: «Some children call any telling "snitching" to stop people reporting harm.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stop» (+4); the same doer «children» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/59-illness-hospitals-and-children-who-are-very-ill/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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An Irish auntie says, «Ah, the hospice is a grand place, the craic is good there, God love her.» («Craic» means «fun, good times».) What is she saying?

- **1.** The hospice is a place to be sad all day — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **2.** Jasmine is sure to get better there — no support
- **3.** The hospice is a kind of pub — no support
- **4.** The hospice is a happy, caring place for Jasmine — **✓ the right answer** · score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 59, line 4: «Very rarely, a child gets an illness doctors cannot cure; a children's hospice is a calm place with toys and a garden where very ill children and their familie…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «hospice» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 4, scored 7. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/59-illness-hospitals-and-children-who-are-very-ill/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Ben asks, «What if Dad dies in the operation?» What should the grown-ups do?

- **1.** Promise him that nothing could ever, ever go wrong in any heart operation at all — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Tell him the operation is only a quick check-up, nothing more — no support
- **3.** Tell him the honest chances, which are good, and keep him busy while he waits — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Tell him not to be so silly and send him straight up to bed — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/59-illness-hospitals-and-children-who-are-very-ill/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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A boy in Atlanta says, «Y'all, my grandma's fixin' to pass, my momma says she doesn't have long.» («Fixin' to» means «about to»; «pass» means «die».) What does he mean?

- **1.** His grandma is likely to die soon — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **2.** His grandma is going away on a short trip to see the family — no support
- **3.** His grandma is about to pass an exam she has been studying for — no support
- **4.** His grandma is getting better fast and will be home quite soon — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 59, line 15: ««Doesn't have long» means a person is likely to die soon, perhaps in days, weeks or months; doctors often cannot say exactly.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «die» (+4); the same property (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/59-illness-hospitals-and-children-who-are-very-ill/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Josh says, «If I'm a doctor I'll stop everyone dying.» What is the wisest reply?

- **1.** No, doctors don't really help anyone; they just write notes — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** Only priests and vicars can stop people dying, not doctors — no support
- **3.** Helping people is a great dream, even though no one can stop all death — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Yes, and one day he'll be able to make everyone in the whole world live for ever — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 52, line 1: «Every living body slowly wears out as the years go by: skin gets thinner and wrinkly, bones get weaker, cuts heal more slowly, and doctors can help people stay…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «help» (+4); the same doer «doctors» (+3). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/59-illness-hospitals-and-children-who-are-very-ill/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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A hospital chaplain says, formally, «I am here to sit with you and your family, whatever your faith or none.» Who can talk to her?

- **1.** Anyone, of any faith or none — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Only doctors and nurses — score 4
- **3.** Only Christians who go to church — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **4.** Only patients who are dying — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 58, line 11: «Orthodox and Catholic Christians, and many cultures, often sit with the body and pray before the funeral.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «orthodox christians» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/59-illness-hospitals-and-children-who-are-very-ill/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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A cartoon shows a sick boy drinking a magic potion and being cured in one second. What is the real picture?

- **1.** Treatment can take months, and doctors can't promise every cure — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Sick children always cure themselves if they rest for a day — score 2
- **3.** Potions like that are what real doctors use in hospitals today — no support
- **4.** Every illness can be cured in one second with the right drink — **← Mova's choice** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 59, line 4: «Very rarely, a child gets an illness doctors cannot cure; a children's hospice is a calm place with toys and a garden where very ill children and their familie…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «illness» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/59-illness-hospitals-and-children-who-are-very-ill/t11/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1}

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the transmissibility of leukaemia?

- **1.** It cannot be transmitted from one person to another — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** It is transmitted through the inhalation of air in a shared room — no support
- **3.** It is transmitted by the sharing of stationery and other school equipment — no support
- **4.** It is transmitted by mere proximity to the patient in the classroom — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/59-illness-hospitals-and-children-who-are-very-ill/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2}

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Identify the principal purpose of a children's hospice.

- **1.** The confinement of children who have misbehaved at home or at school — no support
- **2.** The performance of surgical operations exclusively, upon children alone — no support
- **3.** The provision of comfort and care to gravely ill children and their families — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **4.** The accommodation of families who are upon holiday by the sea during the summer months — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 17, line 11: «Jesus said that if someone strikes you on one cheek, you should offer the other instead of taking revenge.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «offer» (+4); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/59-illness-hospitals-and-children-who-are-very-ill/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3}

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the loss of hair during cancer treatment.

- **1.** It is caused by contact with other patients upon the hospital ward — no support
- **2.** It is permanent in every instance and the hair never returns — no support
- **3.** It is an effect of the treatment and the hair ordinarily regrows — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **4.** It signifies that the patient has been entirely cured of the disease — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 59, line 3: «Cancer cannot be caught like a cold; a classmate with leukaemia is not catching, but his treatment makes it hard for his body to fight germs, and it can make h…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «hair» (+3); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/59-illness-hospitals-and-children-who-are-very-ill/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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Ascertain the meaning of the expression «she does not have long» as employed in respect of a gravely ill grandmother.

- **1.** That her recovery is imminent — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** That she is shortly to depart upon a journey — no support
- **3.** That she is of short stature — no support
- **4.** That death is likely to occur within a short period — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/59-illness-hospitals-and-children-who-are-very-ill/e4/)

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