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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 is the biggest difference between how people age today and how they used to age?
(a) They used to die much earlier.
(b) They used to be cared for in multi-generational systems.
(c) They used to be much more independent.
(d) They used to be much more private.

2. By what factor does Gawande say the cost of living in a nursing home exceeds the cost of living in an assisted living facility?
(a) 2.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

3. When did Mabel Nassau conduct the study of elderly in Greenwich Village, that Gawande cites?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1913.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1988.

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

5. What made the Harry Truman Gawande describes a hero in his townspeople’s eyes?
(a) He used being-buried-by-a-volcano as a retirement plan.
(b) He weathered out the eruption of Mt. Saint Helens.
(c) He defied the odds and survived a deadly cancer.
(d) He saved his neighbors from the fallout when Mt. Saint Helens erupted.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gawande characterize both Lazaroff and the doctors?

2. Where does Gawande say he witnessed the most hellish conditions of his life?

3. When does Gawande say people started to go to doctors, instead of doctors coming to them?

4. How many hospitals does Gawande say were built after Congress passed the Hill Burton Act, to provide funds for hospital construction?

5. What does Gawande say older people’s diets tend to be richer in?

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