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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. Why does Dave Galloway say he does not want to take his pain medication when his cancer is troubling him?
(a) He says that it makes him panic to be so close to death.
(b) He says that it feels like a defeat.
(c) He says that it makes him depressed.
(d) He says that it takes him from his wife and child.
2. What does Gawande say the surgeon at his hospital recommended for his father’s tumor?
(a) Immediate operation.
(b) Palliative surgery.
(c) Waiting and watching.
(d) Treatment with radiation.
3. Where does Gawande say five of the world’s fastest-growing economies are?
(a) Asia.
(b) South America.
(c) Africa.
(d) The Middle East.
4. What does Gawande say Jewel Douglas’ death showed him?
(a) That dignity in death takes a lot of work and planning.
(b) That we are not powerless in the end.
(c) That family is important in dying.
(d) That sometimes doing nothing is better.
5. What does Gawande say are the three plagues of nursing homes?
(a) Abandonment, fear and confusion.
(b) Medicalization, standardization and efficiency.
(c) Resentment, dread and indifference.
(d) Boredom, loneliness and helplessness.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Gawande characterize Thomas’ staff’s reaction to his plan to introduce pets to Chase Memorial?
2. What does a patient base their impression of pain on, according to researcher Daniel Kahneman?
3. What does Jewel Douglas want Gawande to avoid in his operation?
4. How does Gawande characterize “the average of a life’s moments” (238)?
5. How does Gawande say the problem of care for the sick and dying will be solved?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was Bill Thomas’ experience prior to starting as the director at the Chase Memorial Nursing Home?
2. How does Gawande say that end-of-life care costs affect the American medical system?
3. What was Bill Thomas’ idea for bringing more self-reliance to the residents of Chase Memorial?
4. How does Gawande characterize his daughter’s piano teacher Peg Bachelder’s final days?
5. What does Gawande say are the advantages of the New Bridge on the Charles retirement community?
6. What are the three stages Gawande describes in medical development countries go through?
7. What triumph of Gawande’s was Gawande’s father able to witness, in his declining health?
8. How did Gawande and his mother differ on the question of how to handle Gawande’s father’s care as death came closer?
9. What does Daniel Kahneman’s research tell Gawande about painful experiences?
10. What technique does Atul Gawande learn from a palliative care physician, and use with Jewel Douglass?
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