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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gawande say he tried to impress on Lazaroff?
(a) The likelihood the treatment would fail.
(b) The inevitability of death.
(c) The risks of surgery.
(d) The chance of paralysis after surgery.

2. What does Gawande say the nursing homes Wilson looked at were designed for?
(a) Cost containment.
(b) Efficiency.
(c) Control.
(d) Warehousing the elderly.

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

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

5. What does Gawande say Lou Sanders was scared of?
(a) Suffering with cancer.
(b) Dying alone.
(c) Dying.
(d) Losing his ability to drive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the first assisted living facility founded?

2. How does Gawande characterize the decline of health for the majority of people who age normally with modern medicine?

3. How much of the population does Gawande say is over 65 in Germany, Italy and Japan in 2017?

4. When does Gawande say Keren Wilson founded the first assisted living facility?

5. When does Gawande say he started to experience dead people?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Gawande characterize his grandfather’s aging and death?

2. What perspective does Gawande’s father offer on Alice Hobson’s aging process?

3. How does Gawande characterize the problems surrounding Alice Hobson’s declining health?

4. What events led to Alice Hobson saying “I’m ready” to her son, and then dying?

5. How does Gawande describe his exposure to training about mortality in medical school?

6. What are the challenges Gawande describes in Alice Hobson’s declining health?

7. How does Gawande characterize the finances of geriatrics?

8. How does Gawande explain the fact that our culture has not developed methods for providing better care for the elderly?

9. What does Gawande say he learned from Mabel Nassau’s study of elderly people in Greenwich Village?

10. What kind of conditions does Gawande witness at the Guru Vishram Vridh ashram in India?

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