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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 — Letting Go.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what factor was the doctors’ average overestimation of people’s survival time inaccurate?
(a) 420%.
(b) 1,700%.
(c) 250%.
(d) 530%.

2. Who does Keren Wilson say assisted living facilities are ultimately built for?
(a) Administrators.
(b) Investors.
(c) Elderly people.
(d) Older people’s children.

3. Where does Gawande say he witnessed the most hellish conditions of his life?
(a) A nursing home in the American South.
(b) An insane asylum in Belgium.
(c) An elder home in India.
(d) A prison in Portugal.

4. How much of the population does Gawande say was over 65 in 1790?
(a) 2%.
(b) 4%.
(c) 13%.
(d) 6%.

5. When does Gawande say Lou Sanders became a widower?
(a) At 81.
(b) At 56.
(c) At 76.
(d) At 63.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of the 100 people Mabel Nassau studied were able to support themselves?

2. What does Gawande say Felix Silverstone’s wife found exasperating about being in a nursing home floor while her bones mended?

3. What does Gawande say Laura Carstensen found in terms of people’s values in life?

4. Which finger does Gawande say has 40% of the hand’s muscles?

5. What does Gawande say drives youth to seek their own opportunities as opposed to caring for their elders?

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