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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gawande say are the three plagues of nursing homes?
(a) Medicalization, standardization and efficiency.
(b) Abandonment, fear and confusion.
(c) Boredom, loneliness and helplessness.
(d) Resentment, dread and indifference.

2. What system did the U.S. join Europe in implementing in 1935?
(a) Medicaid.
(b) The New Deal.
(c) Social Security.
(d) Medicare.

3. What does Gawande say he felt about the dead people who showed up in his dreams?
(a) That he was responsible for their souls.
(b) That they had come to kill him.
(c) That he had betrayed them.
(d) That he had killed them.

4. What percent of Americans does Gawande say died at home in the 1980s?
(a) 32%.
(b) More than half.
(c) 17%.
(d) 44%.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Thomas’ first project when he arrived at Chase?

2. How does Gawande say he answered when his patient’s family asked if his patient was dying?

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

4. How does Gawande characterize the trend among geriatrics departments in hospitals?

5. How does Gawande characterize his exposure to death and the dying as a child?

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