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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Gawande say a person is assured of, if their ashes touch the Ganges River?
(a) Reincarnation.
(b) Forgetfulness.
(c) Eternal salvation.
(d) Eternal peace.

3. What does Gawande say doctors have to do as people get closer to death?
(a) Find the most drastic cures and treatments.
(b) Weigh the cost effectiveness of each treatment.
(c) Consider the effect of treatment on their family units.
(d) Resist the urge to toy with their health.

4. How old was Sara Monopoli when she was diagnosed with incurable cancer?
(a) 34.
(b) 28.
(c) 42.
(d) 30.

5. Where does Gawande say his father’s pains began?
(a) In his neck and arm.
(b) In his eyes and ears.
(c) In his airways.
(d) In his back and hips.

6. What does Gawande say is the “third type of doctor-patient relationship” (201)?
(a) The Expert.
(b) The Interpretive Doctor.
(c) The Companion.
(d) Mr. Information.

7. What was Thomas’ first project when he arrived at Chase?
(a) To examine each resident and review their medical file.
(b) To give each resident house plants.
(c) To bring in children and relatives.
(d) To introduce dogs and cats.

8. What argument does Gawande give for allowing people to die with prescription drugs?
(a) People have the right to stop treatment, so they should have the right to end their lives.
(b) No laws, even the prohibition of murder, are absolute.
(c) People know their desires better than their doctors.
(d) It is merciful to end someone’s suffering.

9. What was Thomas’ explanation for the decline in the death rate?
(a) He had given people a reason to live.
(b) Sicker patients avoided the facility.
(c) The animals gave people stronger antibodies.
(d) Laughter at the animals was therapeutic.

10. What percentage of doctors in Nicholas Christakis’ study overestimated their patients’ survival time?
(a) 19%.
(b) 63%.
(c) 49%.
(d) 37%.

11. What other pets did Chase Memorial also eventually adopt?
(a) Ducks.
(b) Horses.
(c) Rabbits.
(d) Pigs.

12. 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.

13. Why does Gawande say he and his father preferred Doctor Benzel to the neurosurgeon at Gawande’s hospital?
(a) He made the better promises for the outcome of a surgery.
(b) He was more of an expert.
(c) He had more experience with Gawande’s father’s type of tumor.
(d) He paid close attention to their needs.

14. What did Gawande’s mother want for her husband, when he was dying?
(a) She wanted him to be at peace.
(b) She wanted him to stay alive as long as possible.
(c) She wanted him to take her with him.
(d) She wanted him to stop suffering.

15. What does Gawande say Jewel Douglas’ death showed him?
(a) That sometimes doing nothing is better.
(b) That we are not powerless in the end.
(c) That dignity in death takes a lot of work and planning.
(d) That family is important in dying.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gawande say his father found peace and gave him and the other around him peace as well?

2. What does Gawande say is the priority for hospice care?

3. How often does Gawande say he thought about elderly patients before the issue of geriatrics became an interest for him?

4. How does Gawande say insurance companies respond after the Nelene Fox case found insurance companies at fault for not paying for expensive treatments?

5. What does Kahneman say are our two selves?

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