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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 — Hard Conversations.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Gawande characterize the onset of treatment for his father’s tumor?
(a) As a punishment for not having taken better care of his father.
(b) As a test for what he had learned about mortality.
(c) As an opportunity to practice what he had learned to preach.
(d) As a tragedy that struck too early.

2. What does Gawande say happens in the third stage of a country’s health care development?
(a) Patients return home to die in comfort.
(b) Patients die at home for lack of access to health care.
(c) Patients die in the hospital.
(d) Patients die in poor houses and nursing homes.

3. How does Gawande say Alice’s family dealt with her depression?
(a) They brought her a cat and house plants.
(b) They put her on depression medication.
(c) They found her a better situation.
(d) They enrolled her in classes at the local university.

4. What value did Thomas espouse in running his farm?
(a) Self-reliance.
(b) Sustainability.
(c) Efficiency.
(d) Stewardship.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Gawande characterize family expectations, in regard to caring for elders?

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

5. When did Bill Thomas take over as director of the Chase Memorial Nursing Home?

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