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

2. How does Gawande characterize the plot of a person’s health for most of history?
(a) A high line that runs flat then falls quickly.
(b) A series of dips followed by recoveries that approach the horizontal axis of death.
(c) A series of minor decreases in a slow decline toward death.
(d) A high line that ends abruptly.

3. In what way is Lou Sanders’ decision to move in with his daughter not successful?
(a) His care costs more than his family can afford.
(b) His care is taxing for Shelley.
(c) He cannot make friends.
(d) He is depressed and lonely.

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

5. What does Gawande say Wilson’s assisted living facilities protected?
(a) Autonomy.
(b) Privacy.
(c) Community.
(d) Public health.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percent of Americans does Gawande say died at home at the end of the second World War?

2. How does Gawande characterize the “newest view” about why we age (32)?

3. Which of Gawande’s patients showed him “how understanding the finitude of one’s time could be a gift” (209)?

4. Who does Keren Wilson say assisted living facilities are ultimately built for?

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

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