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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through XII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what is a quiet state of a terminal patient an indication?
(a) Acceptance of mortality.
(b) He or she is paralyzed with fear.
(c) He or she is withdrawing into himself or herself and needs to be prodded to action.
(d) Death is very near.

2. What is usually the real miracle for a terminal patient?
(a) Finding acceptance.
(b) Being healed.
(c) Being grateful.
(d) Seeing how many people their lives have touched.

3. What is the patient in the last chapter suffering from the most?
(a) A loss of identity.
(b) A loss of wealth.
(c) A loss of control.
(d) A loss of courage.

4. What kind of patients generally have the hardest time reaching the stage of acceptance?
(a) Mothers of small children.
(b) Teenagers who feel they never had a chance to live.
(c) Men with busy careers.
(d) Angry patients.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the family of terminally ill patients need to do after the funeral is over and the friends have all left?

2. What was one woman in chapter IX afraid of before she died?

3. Who spoke to the daughter in chapter IX about what her mother needed from her?

4. What hard task do family members of terminally ill patients need to do as the final sign of acceptance?

5. What is "the silence that goes beyond words"?

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