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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8 — Courage.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gawande say Jewel Douglas’ death showed him?
(a) That we are not powerless in the end.
(b) That family is important in dying.
(c) That dignity in death takes a lot of work and planning.
(d) That sometimes doing nothing is better.

2. By what rate did the death rate decline at Chase, after the introduction of animals?
(a) 42%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 15%.
(d) 38%.

3. What does Gawande say is most important about the end of Jewel Douglas’ story?
(a) It was brief.
(b) It was painless.
(c) She was alert to the end.
(d) She decided how it would go.

4. How did Gawande’s grandfather and his wife avoid starving to death as newlyweds?
(a) They harvested a bumper crop that paid their debts.
(b) They came to America and worked their way up.
(c) They appealed to a wealth uncle who bailed them out.
(d) They speculated in land and their gamble paid off.

5. Where does Gawande say Lou Sanders had grown up?
(a) Baltimore.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Boston.
(d) Cleveland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percent of Americans does Gawande say died in hospice in America in 2010?

2. How many parakeets did Bill Thomas introduce to Chase Memorial?

3. Where was the first assisted living facility founded?

4. What argument does Gawande give for allowing people to die with prescription drugs?

5. What factor correlated with the greatest inaccuracies when doctors estimated their patients’ survival times?

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