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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8 — Courage.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much of Medicare spending goes to the 5% of patients who are in their last year of life?
(a) 25%.
(b) 15%.
(c) 33%.
(d) 40%.

2. When were retirement communities popularized in the U.S.?
(a) 1960s.
(b) 1980s.
(c) 1970s.
(d) 1950s.

3. How does Gawande characterize Thomas’ staff’s reaction to his plan to introduce pets to Chase Memorial?
(a) Reluctant.
(b) Ambivalent.
(c) Optimistic.
(d) Hostile.

4. What does Gawande say is the first part of the brain to shrink with aging?
(a) Frontal lobe.
(b) Temporal lobe.
(c) Parietal lobe.
(d) Occipital lobe.

5. How did Alice Hobson lose her car?
(a) She forgot to make her car payments.
(b) She parked it in the wrong parking lot.
(c) She left the keys in it and it was stolen.
(d) She got in a small accident and lost her license.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gawande say the nursing homes Wilson looked at were designed for?

2. What is Gawande’s relation to Alice Hobson?

3. How does Gawande characterize the effect of introducing animals to Chase Memorial?

4. What does Lou Sanders’ daughter Shelley compare him to when he comes to live with her and her family?

5. What does Jewel Douglas want Gawande to avoid in his operation?

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