1. From whom does Kubler-Ross say we should never hide the truth of death?
(a) The loved ones.
(b) Anyone.
(c) The patient.
(d) Children.

2. What are doctors primarily trained to do for terminal patients?
(a) Relieve suffering.
(b) Provide moral and spiritual support.
(c) Prolong life.
(d) Ease the passing.

3. What ironic example of our deluded ideas towards death does Dr, Kubler-Ross give in chapter II?
(a) We can hear stories of accidental deaths and murders every day, but we never expect that to happen to us.
(b) We find it unfathomable for someone to go to war and survive on the front lines, only to come home and be killed in a car accident.
(c) We understand when others we do not know die but refuse to accept that anyone in our circle could possibly pass away.
(d) We find it unfathomable for someone to survive a horrific car accident, only to come home and be killed by a silly disease.

4. Why does Kubler-Ross feel that our inability to cope with death is such a selfish thing?
(a) We feel that we are validated in treating others poorly because of our grief.
(b) We do not give enough to charities who are researching terminal illnesses.
(c) We do not treat the hospital workers kindly.
(d) We do not focus enough on the needs of the dying patient.

5. Who finally recognized and diagnosed the nun's disease?
(a) A patient with the same disease.
(b) Another nurse in the hospital she at which she worked.
(c) She did, after reading about it.
(d) Her psychiatrist.