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

3. How do children at age five view death?
(a) A trip from which people never come back.
(b) Something that makes people invisible.
(c) A person who takes people away.
(d) A place that is dark and scary.

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

5. What does the courageous female patient equate with death?
(a) Losing hope.
(b) Lying.
(c) Idleness.
(d) Complaining.

6. How does the courageous female patient keep her mind off of her impending death?
(a) She reads books.
(b) She writes stories for young terminally ill children.
(c) She studies possible cures for her disease.
(d) She thinks about and serves others.

7. Who were the doctors of the patients who did not request the seminars with Kubler-Ross and her team?
(a) The doctors who allowed family to visit all the time.
(b) The doctors who were against most outside visitors.
(c) The doctors who were against having Kubler-Ross give her seminars.
(d) The doctors who took the time to speak to their patients about death.

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

9. What can each terminal patient share with each other to lighten burdens all around?
(a) His or her thoughts on religion.
(b) A list of things for which he or she is grateful.
(c) His or her favorite jokes.
(d) His or her own unique story.

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

11. How old is the girl whose parents informed her of her disease instead of the doctor?
(a) 13.
(b) 20.
(c) 10.
(d) 17.

12. Why was the patient in the last chapter so angry with his wife?
(a) She had died and left him.
(b) She was too eager to let him go.
(c) She was unsupportive of him in his sickness.
(d) She was keeping their children from visiting.

13. For what does Kubler-Ross say we should never judge families?
(a) Their love for the patients.
(b) Their seemingly unorthodox behaviors.
(c) Their anger towards the staff.
(d) Their ignorance of the disease.

14. What is "the silence that goes beyond words"?
(a) The last flickering of the flame of life.
(b) The stillness of a heart no longer beating.
(c) A peaceful transition from life.
(d) The sound of eyes closing for the last time.

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