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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. What functions are affected by this first shrinking of the brain?
(a) Planning.
(b) Language.
(c) Judgment.
(d) Abstract thinking.

2. How much of the population does Gawande say is over 65 in Germany, Italy and Japan in 2017?
(a) More than 28%.
(b) More than 26%.
(c) More than 24%.
(d) More than 20%.

3. How does Gawande characterize the corpse he was given to work with, his first semester of medical school?
(a) Juicy.
(b) Leathery.
(c) Tough.
(d) Stringy.

4. By what margin does Gawande say costs came down in Keren Wilson’s assisted living facility?
(a) 10%.
(b) 30%.
(c) 35%.
(d) 20%.

5. What does Gawande say drives youth to seek their own opportunities as opposed to caring for their elders?
(a) Prosperity.
(b) Emigration.
(c) Famine.
(d) Political conflict.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Gawande’s grandfather and his wife avoid starving to death as newlyweds?

2. When does Gawande say people started to go to doctors, instead of doctors coming to them?

3. By what age does Gawande say most people have functional dementia?

4. What does Gawande say he and his fellow doctors hoped to do for Joseph Lazaroff?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Keren Wilson’s vision of assisted living facilities, as the idea took off?

2. What critique does Gawande make of his colleagues in the medical field?

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

4. How does Gawande describe the transition from traditional forms of elder care to the (failing) modern forms of care?

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

6. How is the story of Lou and Shelly different from Alice Hobson's death?

7. What is the triumph in the story of Felix and Bella Silverstone?

8. How does Gawande explain the fact that our culture has not developed methods for providing better care for the elderly?

9. What kind of conditions does Gawande witness at the Guru Vishram Vridh ashram in India?

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

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