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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 — Hard Conversations.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percent of Americans does Gawande say died at home in the 1980s?
(a) More than half.
(b) 44%.
(c) 17%.
(d) 32%.

2. What does Gawande say is the “third type of doctor-patient relationship” (201)?
(a) The Expert.
(b) Mr. Information.
(c) The Interpretive Doctor.
(d) The Companion.

3. When did Keren Wilson open her first assisted living facility?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1976.

4. What does Gawande say led Keren Wilson to focus on assisted living facilities?
(a) Her own epilepsy.
(b) Her father’s dementia.
(c) Her child’s medical needs.
(d) Her mother’s stroke.

5. What does Gawande say your chances of avoiding a nursing home depend on?
(a) Having sons.
(b) Having a younger spouse.
(c) How much money you have.
(d) How many children you have.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percent of Americans does Gawande say died at home at the end of the second World War?

2. What does Gawande say life expectancy was in the Roman Empire?

3. How does Gawande characterize the decline of health for the majority of people who age normally with modern medicine?

4. By what margin does Gawande say costs came down in Keren Wilson’s assisted living facility?

5. What diagnosis did Lou Sanders get after he had a fall at age 88?

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