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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 — A Better Life.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Gawande characterize his grandfather Sitaram Gawande’s elder years?
(a) Surrounded by family.
(b) Alone in an asylum.
(c) Bouncing back and forth between family members.
(d) Traveling independently.

3. What was the average number of children per family in the mid-1800s, and what was it by 1900?
(a) 9; 2.
(b) 6; 4.
(c) 5; 5.
(d) 7; 3.

4. How does Gawande characterize family expectations, in regard to caring for elders?
(a) Sacred obligation.
(b) Duty.
(c) Business.
(d) Shackles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What functions are affected by this first shrinking of the brain?

2. Why does Gawande say we have not made a better system for caring for people near death?

3. What was the effect of Thomas’ first project?

4. What diagnosis did Lou Sanders get after he had a fall at age 88?

5. What does Gawande say was the concept Wilson incorporated in her assisted living facility idea?

(see the answer key)

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