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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What made the Harry Truman Gawande describes a hero in his townspeople’s eyes?
(a) He weathered out the eruption of Mt. Saint Helens.
(b) He defied the odds and survived a deadly cancer.
(c) He saved his neighbors from the fallout when Mt. Saint Helens erupted.
(d) He used being-buried-by-a-volcano as a retirement plan.

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

3. What does Gawande say he tried to impress on Lazaroff?
(a) The risks of surgery.
(b) The inevitability of death.
(c) The likelihood the treatment would fail.
(d) The chance of paralysis after surgery.

4. What was the event that triggered a readjustment in Felix Silverstone’s life?
(a) His wife’s eardrum burst.
(b) His wife lost her vision.
(c) He had a heart attack.
(d) He was diagnosed with cancer.

5. Where does Gawande say he witnessed the most hellish conditions of his life?
(a) An insane asylum in Belgium.
(b) A prison in Portugal.
(c) A nursing home in the American South.
(d) An elder home in India.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much of the population does Gawande say was over 65 in 2017?

3. What does Gawande say he felt about the dead people who showed up in his dreams?

4. How many hospitals does Gawande say were built after Congress passed the Hill Burton Act, to provide funds for hospital construction?

5. Which finger does Gawande say has 40% of the hand’s muscles?

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