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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. What does Gawande say the surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic recommended for his father’s tumor?
(a) Treatment with radiation.
(b) Palliative surgery.
(c) Immediate operation.
(d) Waiting and watching.

2. What does Ivan Ilych die of?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Cholera.
(c) An unnamed disease.
(d) Malnourishment.

3. What diagnosis did Lou Sanders get after he had a fall at age 88?
(a) Alzheimer’s.
(b) Dementia.
(c) Parkinson’s.
(d) Cancer.

4. What does Gawande say Montaigne said about dying of old age?
(a) It is the extremest form of dying.
(b) It is the cruelest form of dying.
(c) It is the most natural form of dying.
(d) It is the kindest form of dying.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Del Webb, who popularized the term “retirement community” build his first development?

2. By what margin does Gawande say costs came down in Keren Wilson’s assisted living facility?

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

4. What does Gawande say your chances of avoiding a nursing home depend on?

5. What does Gawande say he felt about the dead people who showed up in his dreams?

(see the answer key)

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