1. To whom was the patient in chapter VI not communicating his true feelings?
(a) Kubler-Ross and her team.
(b) His children.
(c) His wife.
(d) The hospital staff.

2. What is the biggest relief to an angry patient?
(a) Being separated from people for a time.
(b) Suppressing his or her feelings until they go away.
(c) Expressing his or her anger.
(d) Writing his or her feelings.

3. What was the biggest change that Kubler-Ross noticed when she had finished her seminars?
(a) The staff was much more attentive to the terminal patients.
(b) The nurses felt more confident.
(c) The doctors were less hostile towards her.
(d) Her own team was much more cohesive.

4. What ironic example of our deluded ideas towards death does Dr, Kubler-Ross give in chapter II?
(a) 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.
(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 survive a horrific car accident, only to come home and be killed by a silly disease.
(d) We can hear stories of accidental deaths and murders every day, but we never expect that to happen to us.

5. What is not necessary to do when a patient is unable to accept reality?
(a) Talking about the terminal nature of his or her disease.
(b) Working to prolong his or her life.
(c) Letting him or her remain in denial.
(d) Moving on with the necessary items.