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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 — Hard Conversations.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Gawande characterize the “newest view” about why we age (32)?
(a) Aging is genetically programmed.
(b) Aging is based on economic class.
(c) Aging is a sum of wear and tear.
(d) Aging is environmentally determined.

2. When did Keren Wilson open her first assisted living facility?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1991.

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

4. How does Gawande characterize the change over time in blood vessels, joints and the valves of the heart?
(a) Thinning.
(b) Weakening.
(c) Softening.
(d) Stiffening.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By what margin does Gawande say costs came down in Keren Wilson’s assisted living facility?

2. What do the doctors from Uganda and the writer from South Africa say about American medical care?

3. Whose story does Gawande say is “going global” (192)?

4. What does Gawande say is the “third type of doctor-patient relationship” (201)?

5. According to James Vaupel’s research, how much of your parents’ lifespans determines your own?

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