2. What did Gawande see stacked along the river bank when he and his guide set out to dispose of his father’s ashes?
(a) Bodies.
(b) Wood.
(c) Mourners.
(d) Bolts of fabric.

3. What is moksha?
(a) Assurance of justice.
(b) Forgiveness for sins.
(c) Release from suffering.
(d) Liberation from earthly life.

4. What was Sara Monopoli’s strategy for making treatment decisions?
(a) Aggressive management.
(b) Most tolerable treatment.
(c) Minimal invasiveness.
(d) Maximum quality of life.

5. What is the city in which Gawande set out to dispose of his father’s ashes?
(a) New Delhi.
(b) Jaipur.
(c) Varanasi.
(d) Patna.

6. Where does Gawande say five of the world’s fastest-growing economies are?
(a) The Middle East.
(b) South America.
(c) Africa.
(d) Asia.

7. Where had Thomas worked before Chase Memorial?
(a) An ER.
(b) A urology unit.
(c) A farm.
(d) A family practice.

8. What does a patient base their impression of pain on, according to researcher Daniel Kahneman?
(a) The residual pain at the end of the procedure.
(b) An average of all the pain in the procedure.
(c) The most painful and the last moments of a procedure.
(d) A snapshot of the most painful moment.

9. What does Gawande say has provided him with the most meaningful experiences as a doctor?
(a) Helping patients deal with limitations imposed by of mortality.
(b) Helping patients deal with what medicine cannot do.
(c) Helping patients deal with questions of philosophy and the spirit.
(d) Helping patients deal with questions of ethics and the good life.

10. How old was Sara Monopoli when she was diagnosed with incurable cancer?
(a) 30.
(b) 28.
(c) 34.
(d) 42.

11. When does Gawande say developments in the field of palliative will provide cause for celebration in medical circles?
(a) When they spread to other fields of medicine.
(b) When they apply to every patient.
(c) Whenever they improve the quality of someone’s life and death.
(d) Every time they touch a patient.

12. What does Gawande say Jewel Douglas’ death showed him?
(a) That sometimes doing nothing is better.
(b) That dignity in death takes a lot of work and planning.
(c) That we are not powerless in the end.
(d) That family is important in dying.

13. How many people were assigned to each “pod” at the New Bridge assisted living facility?
(a) 16.
(b) 12.
(c) 22.
(d) 18.

14. How does Gawande say he answered when his patient’s family asked if his patient was dying?
(a) He lied and said no.
(b) He could only explain all the variables.
(c) He could not bring himself to tell the truth.
(d) He could not answer.

15. What did Gawande do with the herbs and medicine and morsels of food he took with him into the river?
(a) Pray over them.
(b) Mix them with his father’s ashes.
(c) Offer them to the dead.
(d) Trail them after the boat.