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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. What does Lou Sanders’ daughter Shelley compare him to when he comes to live with her and her family?
(a) A kid getting on the bus.
(b) A nervous girl making new friends.
(c) A restless dog that cannot settle.
(d) A cornered old turtle.

2. What does Gawande say the surgeon at his hospital recommended for his father’s tumor?
(a) Waiting and watching.
(b) Palliative surgery.
(c) Immediate operation.
(d) Treatment with radiation.

3. What does Gawande say life expectancy was in the Roman Empire?
(a) 32.
(b) 28.
(c) 48.
(d) 56.

4. What does Gawande say Laura Carstensen found in terms of people’s values in life?
(a) Your needs depend on how much pain you are in.
(b) Your needs depend on who needs you.
(c) Your needs depend on how much time you have.
(d) Your needs depend on how many people you love.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gawande say the problem of care for the sick and dying will be solved?

2. By what age does Gawande say most people have functional dementia?

3. Where was the first assisted living facility founded?

4. How does Gawande characterize the decline of health for people with “chronic illnesses—emphysema, liver disease, and congestive heart failure”?

5. How does Gawande characterize the change over time in blood vessels, joints and the valves of the heart?

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