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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 — Assistance.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gawande say Wilson’s assisted living facilities protected?
(a) Public health.
(b) Community.
(c) Autonomy.
(d) Privacy.

2. Which finger does Gawande say has 40% of the hand’s muscles?
(a) The pointer finger.
(b) The middle finger.
(c) The thumb.
(d) The pinky finger.

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

4. Where does Gawande say Lou Sanders had grown up?
(a) Cleveland.
(b) Boston.
(c) Baltimore.
(d) Chicago.

5. What does Gawande say is the thing that strikes him most about Lazaroff’s case?
(a) His doctors knew he could not be cured.
(b) His determination to live was otherworldly.
(c) His determination to live was otherworldly.
(d) His chance of survival was so thin.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gawande characterize Felix’ feelings when his wife dies?

2. What does Gawande say is the biggest difference between how people age today and how they used to age?

3. When does Gawande say he started to write about medical issues?

4. Where was the first assisted living facility founded?

5. What does Gawande say Montaigne said about dying of old age?

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