1. With what concept is a patient in denial usually really trying to deal?
(a) The love for his or her family.
(b) The shame of his or her past deeds.
(c) His or her need for help.
(d) The reality of his or her mortality.

2. What did the daughter of a patient in chapter IX do when her mother became ill?
(a) She moved to a different town and refused to speak to her mother.
(b) She quit her job and stayed with her mother constantly.
(c) She read all the books she could find on the illness.
(d) She fought with the nurses to treat her mother better.

3. What is a child's main fear before age three?
(a) Separation.
(b) Hunger.
(c) Death.
(d) Pain.

4. What has caused us to fear a violent and catastrophic death, according to Kubler-Ross?
(a) Rumors of weapons of mass destruction.
(b) The reality of constant warfare.
(c) Rising crime rates.
(d) The dramatized violent scenes in movies and on TV.

5. 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 understand when others we do not know die but refuse to accept that anyone in our circle could possibly pass away.
(c) 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.
(d) We find it unfathomable for someone to survive a horrific car accident, only to come home and be killed by a silly disease.