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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what way is Lou Sanders’ decision to move in with his daughter not successful?
(a) His care costs more than his family can afford.
(b) His care is taxing for Shelley.
(c) He cannot make friends.
(d) He is depressed and lonely.

2. How does Gawande characterize family expectations, in regard to caring for elders?
(a) Business.
(b) Shackles.
(c) Sacred obligation.
(d) Duty.

3. What was the event that triggered a readjustment in Felix Silverstone’s life?
(a) He was diagnosed with cancer.
(b) His wife lost her vision.
(c) He had a heart attack.
(d) His wife’s eardrum burst.

4. What does Gawande say he tried to impress on Lazaroff?
(a) The inevitability of death.
(b) The risks of surgery.
(c) The chance of paralysis after surgery.
(d) The likelihood the treatment would fail.

5. What does Gawande say your chances of avoiding a nursing home depend on?
(a) Having a younger spouse.
(b) How many children you have.
(c) How much money you have.
(d) Having sons.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Gawande say Keren Wilson founded the first assisted living facility?

2. What functions are affected by this first shrinking of the brain?

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

4. What does Gawande say tormented Ivan Ilych most?

5. What is Gawande’s relation to Alice Hobson?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Gawande use graphs to characterize the decline of people’s health?

2. How does Gawande say Keren Brown Wilson ended up starting her first assisted living facility in the 1980s?

3. What was Lou Sanders’ experience of assisted living like?

4. How does Gawande characterize the finances of geriatrics?

5. What is rectangularization, and how does it affect society?

6. What events led to Alice Hobson saying “I’m ready” to her son, and then dying?

7. How does Gawande characterize Ivan Ilych’s experience of dying?

8. How does Gawande characterize the problems surrounding Alice Hobson’s declining health?

9. What perspective does Gawande’s father offer on Alice Hobson’s aging process?

10. What does Gawande say about the theory that we just “fall apart” as we age?

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