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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 — A Better Life.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of system does Gawande compare human bodies to?
(a) Wind-up toys.
(b) Nuclear power plants.
(c) Automobiles.
(d) Kitchen appliances.

2. How does Gawande characterize the similarity between nursing homes and prisons?
(a) They are both punitive.
(b) They are both total institutions.
(c) They both house mostly poor people.
(d) They are both state-run.

3. According to James Vaupel’s research, how much of your parents’ lifespans determines your own?
(a) 25%.
(b) 3%.
(c) 7%.
(d) 42%.

4. How many hospitals does Gawande say were built after Congress passed the Hill Burton Act, to provide funds for hospital construction?
(a) 9,000.
(b) 1,700.
(c) 4,200.
(d) 850.

5. What is Gawande’s relation to Alice Hobson?
(a) She is his old piano teacher.
(b) She is his adopted grandmother.
(c) She is his wife’s grandmother.
(d) She is his daughter’s piano teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Gawande say Keren Wilson founded the first assisted living facility?

2. Where was the first assisted living facility founded?

3. What does Gawande say modernization replaced the veneration of family with?

4. What does Gawande say led Keren Wilson to focus on assisted living facilities?

5. Where does Gawande say Lou Sanders had grown up?

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