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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 — Dependence.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many of the 100 people Mabel Nassau studied were able to support themselves?
(a) 9.
(b) 65.
(c) 42.
(d) 27.

2. How does Gawande characterize the decline of health for people with “chronic illnesses—emphysema, liver disease, and congestive heart failure”?
(a) A high line that ends abruptly.
(b) A high line that runs flat then falls quickly.
(c) A series of minor decreases in a slow decline toward death.
(d) A series of dips followed by recoveries that approach the horizontal axis of death.

3. How does Gawande characterize his exposure to death and the dying as a child?
(a) He was surrounded by rural poverty and high mortality.
(b) He had a grandfather living with him and saw his decline in detail.
(c) He had almost no exposure.
(d) He had a period when a lot of his friends’ grandparents and relatives were sick or died in a cluster.

4. How much of the population does Gawande say is over 65 in Germany, Italy and Japan in 2017?
(a) More than 28%.
(b) More than 20%.
(c) More than 26%.
(d) More than 24%.

5. What arrangement did Felix have to make when he brought Bella back home from the nursing home?
(a) He had to have contractors make modifications of their home.
(b) He had to return to practicing medicine to pay for her care.
(c) He hired an army of nurses and aides.
(d) He invited his daughters to live at home to help him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gawande say he and his fellow doctors never touched on, in talking about Lazaroff’s condition with him?

2. What was the average number of children per family in the mid-1800s, and what was it by 1900?

3. How does Gawande characterize Felix’ feelings when his wife dies?

4. How does Gawande characterize the similarity between nursing homes and prisons?

5. What does Gawande say Felix Silverstone’s wife found exasperating about being in a nursing home floor while her bones mended?

(see the answer key)

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