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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 — Assistance.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Gawande say he started to write about medical issues?
(a) First year of medical school.
(b) In college.
(c) Surgical residency.
(d) During a sabbatical.

2. When does Gawande say people started to go to doctors, instead of doctors coming to them?
(a) During the Depression.
(b) After the 1970s.
(c) After World War I.
(d) After World War II.

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

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

5. What does Lou Sanders’ daughter Shelley compare him to when he comes to live with her and her family?
(a) A nervous girl making new friends.
(b) A cornered old turtle.
(c) A restless dog that cannot settle.
(d) A kid getting on the bus.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Gawande say Lou Sanders became a widower?

2. What made the Harry Truman Gawande describes a hero in his townspeople’s eyes?

3. How does Gawande characterize the decline of health for people with “chronic illnesses—emphysema, liver disease, and congestive heart failure”?

4. What was the default option for poor elderly people in the time of Mabel’s study?

5. What does Gawande say is the greatest threat elderly people face?

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