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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kubler-Ross say the immediate family of terminal patients experience with their dying loved one?
(a) The loss of life-force.
(b) The rollercoaster of hope and despair.
(c) The five stages of grief.
(d) The fear of death.

2. What helped Mrs. S. tremendously with her situation?
(a) Talking about her past.
(b) Making amends with her ex-husband.
(c) Finding good homes for her sons.
(d) Discussing her illness.

3. How did some of the inattentive nurses respond to Kubler-Ross's seminars?
(a) They were motivated to report the doctors who had been so callous.
(b) They became strong advocates of her work and now teach her seminars.
(c) They were offended at having their actions judged.
(d) They worked together to write a new manual specifically for nurses.

4. What has happened with the young girl's relationships since falling ill?
(a) They have grown closer.
(b) They have become tense and uncomfortable.
(c) They have drifted apart.
(d) They can now feel each other's pain.

5. How is the courageous female patient using her denial stage, according to Kubler-Ross?
(a) As a convenience until it is time to die.
(b) As a way to forget about death altogether.
(c) As a way to make her doctor's jobs easier.
(d) As a platform to serve.

6. What did Cicely Saunders do before she became an author?
(a) She was a lawyer.
(b) She was a nurse.
(c) She was a therapist.
(d) She was a doctor.

7. About whom is the courageous female patient in chapter X worried?
(a) Her family.
(b) The woman in the bed next to her.
(c) Herself.
(d) The doctors.

8. What are the two characteristics that Kubler-Ross notes of a peaceful passing?
(a) Unresistant and sweet.
(b) Quiet and calm.
(c) Joyful and peaceful.
(d) Neither frightening nor painful.

9. What is the name of the terminally ill patient in the last chapter?
(a) Mr. F.
(b) Mr. E.
(c) Mr. R.
(d) Mr. S.

10. What do the family of terminally ill patients need to do after the funeral is over and the friends have all left?
(a) Get some rest.
(b) Write about their experience.
(c) Move on as fast as possible.
(d) Talk about their feelings.

11. What do most clergymen use as a way to comfort the terminally ill?
(a) Scripture.
(b) Letters.
(c) Hymns.
(d) Priesthood.

12. What does Kubler-Ross say is important for children who have lost loved ones to do?
(a) Have the process of death explained to them.
(b) Be embraced by loving arms.
(c) Keep silent about their fears.
(d) Talk about their feelings and fears.

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

14. Why did some of the nurses avoid tending to patients who were terminally ill?
(a) They felt their time was wasted on people who were dying.
(b) They did not like to be dragged down by depressed patients.
(c) They were afraid of getting sick.
(d) They did not want a patient to die while they were in the room.

15. How old was Mrs. S. when she was interviewed?
(a) 33.
(b) 29.
(c) 49.
(d) 55.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the mother of the very small girl say she is treated poorly?

2. What does Kubler-Ross want the patients to lose their fear of saying?

3. What did the daughter of a patient in chapter IX do when her mother became ill?

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

5. What is a child's main fear after age three?

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