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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. What does Gawande say tormented Ivan Ilych most?
(a) The story that he would just get better.
(b) The impotence of his doctors.
(c) The indifference his family felt.
(d) The lie that he was not really dying.

2. What functions are affected by this first shrinking of the brain?
(a) Planning.
(b) Judgment.
(c) Abstract thinking.
(d) Language.

3. What was Thomas’ first project when he arrived at Chase?
(a) To introduce dogs and cats.
(b) To give each resident house plants.
(c) To bring in children and relatives.
(d) To examine each resident and review their medical file.

4. How does Gawande characterize the people who spend the last days of their life in the ICU?
(a) A malpractice.
(b) A failure.
(c) A crime.
(d) A tragedy.

5. What does Gawande say was the concept Wilson incorporated in her assisted living facility idea?
(a) That each resident has the right to their own priorities.
(b) That costs come down if people are happier.
(c) That residents are happier when they help each other.
(d) That economies of scale require at least 86 residents per pod.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event does Gawande say sparked a national revolution in elder care?

2. What view does Gawande ultimately take, on the question of why we age?

3. What is Gawande’s relation to Alice Hobson?

4. When did Mabel Nassau conduct the study of elderly in Greenwich Village, that Gawande cites?

5. What does Lou Sanders’ daughter Shelley compare him to when he comes to live with her and her family?

(see the answer key)

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