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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gawande say Wilson’s assisted living facilities protected?
(a) Autonomy.
(b) Public health.
(c) Privacy.
(d) Community.

2. When does Gawande say he started to experience dead people?
(a) In medical school.
(b) In college.
(c) In visits to his father’s village.
(d) As a young child.

3. What does Gawande say your chances of avoiding a nursing home depend on?
(a) How much money you have.
(b) How many children you have.
(c) Having sons.
(d) Having a younger spouse.

4. What does Gawande say Felix Silverstone’s wife found exasperating about being in a nursing home floor while her bones mended?
(a) Felix was no longer around to take care of her.
(b) The staff were unprofessional.
(c) The staff did not perform all the help she needed.
(d) The nurses did not comb her hair the way she preferred.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gawande say Lou Sanders was scared of?

2. When does Gawande say people started to go to doctors, instead of doctors coming to them?

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

4. What does Gawande say the nursing homes Wilson looked at were designed for?

5. What is Gawande’s relation to Alice Hobson?

(see the answer key)

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