2. Of the people who died in hospice care in the U.S. in 2010, what percent does Gawande say died at home?
(a) 40%.
(b) 20%.
(c) More than half.
(d) 30%.

3. 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 stop suffering.
(c) She wanted him to stay alive as long as possible.
(d) She wanted him to take her with him.

4. How does Gawande say he answered when his patient’s family asked if his patient was dying?
(a) He could not answer.
(b) He could not bring himself to tell the truth.
(c) He could only explain all the variables.
(d) He lied and said no.

5. What was the first place Gawande’s father wanted his ashes scattered?
(a) Sacramento, California.
(b) Athens, Ohio.
(c) New York city.
(d) Cleveland Ohio.

6. In what way do doctors “inflict deep gouges at the end of people’s lives,” in Gawande’s opinion?
(a) By drugging people so that they do not have their own experiences.
(b) By allowing the most fearful voices to dominate discussions about mortality.
(c) By denying the importance of the dying role.
(d) By inflicting needless treatments.

7. Where had Thomas worked before Chase Memorial?
(a) A family practice.
(b) An ER.
(c) A farm.
(d) A urology unit.

8. How does Gawande characterize his faith in Hinduism?
(a) He says that he is a hostile skeptic.
(b) He says that he is practical, and it does not matter what he believes if he follows the rites.
(c) He says that he is a fervent believer.
(d) He says that he is not much of a believer.

9. How does Gawande characterize the effect of introducing animals to Chase Memorial?
(a) Terror.
(b) Happy confusion.
(c) Hilarity.
(d) Pandemonium.

10. How does Gawande characterize Jewel Douglas’ temperament in the depths of treatment?
(a) Fearful.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Greedy for time.
(d) Hospitable.

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

12. How does Gawande characterize the onset of treatment for his father’s tumor?
(a) As a punishment for not having taken better care of his father.
(b) As a tragedy that struck too early.
(c) As a test for what he had learned about mortality.
(d) As an opportunity to practice what he had learned to preach.

13. What factor correlated with the greatest inaccuracies when doctors estimated their patients’ survival times?
(a) The better they knew the patients, the more inaccurate they were.
(b) The more the patient was suffering, , the more inaccurate they were.
(c) The less they knew the patients, the more inaccurate they were.
(d) The longer the patient had been under treatment, the more inaccurate they were.

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

15. What does Gawande say has provided him with the most meaningful experiences as a doctor?
(a) Helping patients deal with questions of philosophy and the spirit.
(b) Helping patients deal with what medicine cannot do.
(c) Helping patients deal with questions of ethics and the good life.
(d) Helping patients deal with limitations imposed by of mortality.