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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what margin does Gawande say costs came down in Keren Wilson’s assisted living facility?
(a) 30%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 35%.
(d) 20%.

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

3. What is a pandit?
(a) A boatman.
(b) A professional mourner.
(c) A funeral guide.
(d) A holy man.

4. When does Gawande say Keren Wilson founded the first assisted living facility?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1988.

5. What does Gawande say is the biggest difference between how people age today and how they used to age?
(a) They used to die much earlier.
(b) They used to be much more private.
(c) They used to be much more independent.
(d) They used to be cared for in multi-generational systems.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote The Death of Ivan Ilych?

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

3. How does Gawande characterize the state of the medical profession in the face of scientific advances that prolonged life and made dying a medical decision?

4. How does Gawande characterize Jewel Douglas’ temperament in the depths of treatment?

5. What was the third place Gawande’s father wanted his ashes scattered?

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