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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 — Letting Go.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Gawande’s relation to Alice Hobson?
(a) She is his daughter’s piano teacher.
(b) She is his old piano teacher.
(c) She is his wife’s grandmother.
(d) She is his adopted grandmother.

3. What does Gawande say is the priority for hospice care?
(a) To wrap up a life.
(b) To provide peace and comfort.
(c) To extend life.
(d) Help people have the fullest lives possible.

4. What was Gawande’s father’s profession?
(a) Engineer.
(b) Urologist.
(c) Executive.
(d) Teacher.

5. How does Gawande characterize Felix’ feelings when his wife dies?
(a) Dismembered.
(b) Disoriented.
(c) Discombobulated.
(d) Distraught.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had Thomas worked before Chase Memorial?

2. How does Gawande characterize the state of the medical profession in the face of scientific advances that prolonged life and made dying a medical decision?

3. What arrangement did Felix have to make when he brought Bella back home from the nursing home?

4. How many varieties of chemotherapy did Sara Monopoli try?

5. What does Lou Sanders’ daughter Shelley compare him to when he comes to live with her and her family?

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