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

2. How does Gawande characterize the people who spend the last days of their life in the ICU?
(a) A crime.
(b) A tragedy.
(c) A failure.
(d) A malpractice.

3. How many people were assigned to each “pod” at the New Bridge assisted living facility?
(a) 12.
(b) 18.
(c) 16.
(d) 22.

4. What does Gawande say he and his fellow doctors never touched on, in talking about Lazaroff’s condition with him?
(a) The side effects to chemotherapy.
(b) The likelihood the treatment would fail.
(c) The cost of the treatment.
(d) The reality of his disease.

5. What value did Thomas espouse in running his farm?
(a) Sustainability.
(b) Stewardship.
(c) Efficiency.
(d) Self-reliance.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what age does Gawande say most people have functional dementia?

2. What event does Gawande say sparked a national revolution in elder care?

3. How does Gawande characterize the hope of a cure that entices people into what he calls the multitrillion-dollar medical system?

4. How many of the 100 people Mabel Nassau studied were able to support themselves?

5. What was the alternative Lazaroff was offered beside surgery?

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