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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 — Hard Conversations.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Gawande’s father become a U.S. citizen?
(a) Memorial Day, 1972.
(b) Easter, 1986.
(c) July 4, 1976.
(d) Christmas, 1982.

2. How does Gawande characterize his exposure to death and the dying as a child?
(a) He had a period when a lot of his friends’ grandparents and relatives were sick or died in a cluster.
(b) He had a grandfather living with him and saw his decline in detail.
(c) He had almost no exposure.
(d) He was surrounded by rural poverty and high mortality.

3. What does Gawande say older people’s diets tend to be richer in?
(a) Foods that lack key nutrients.
(b) Foods that cause ulcers.
(c) Foods that cause cavities.
(d) Foods that lead to weight gain.

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 nurses did not comb her hair the way she preferred.
(c) The staff were unprofessional.
(d) The staff did not perform all the help she needed.

5. How does Gawande say insurance companies respond after the Nelene Fox case found insurance companies at fault for not paying for expensive treatments?
(a) They developed complex algorithms to make their decisions less personal.
(b) They started to demand accountability from drug companies.
(c) They hid cost controls in finer small print.
(d) They made hospice care available.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gawande say drives youth to seek their own opportunities as opposed to caring for their elders?

2. What does Gawande say his father’s chance of being paralyzed by surgery were?

3. Where had Thomas worked before Chase Memorial?

4. How does Gawande characterize the plot of a person’s health for most of history?

5. When does Gawande say he started to experience dead people?

(see the answer key)

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