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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did most of the students of Kubler-Ross's seminars have in common?
(a) They had past experiences with terminal illnesses.
(b) They all believed in the healing power of religion.
(c) They were incredibly skeptical at the beginning of the seminar.
(d) They had been treated poorly by doctors who did not respect their beliefs.

4. What is the one complaint that the young girl's mother has?
(a) Her daughter is so young.
(b) The hospital staff was inattentive.
(c) The price of care was exorbitant.
(d) She could not take her daughter home to die.

5. For whom does Mrs. S. live her life?
(a) Her sickly spouse.
(b) Her two sons.
(c) Her beloved parents.
(d) Her sisters.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who shows resistance to Kubler-Ross's seminars on death when she first starts?

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

4. What is sometimes the only thing that will allow a family member to let go of his or her terminally-ill loved ones?

5. How do children at age three view death?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kubler-Ross say death can be for the patient who is ready to meet it?

2. Why does the mother of the small girl want to put her son in an institutionalized home when she dies?

3. What are some of the losses that Mrs. S. suffered before getting her terminal illness?

4. What was Mr. Y.'s biggest complaint while his wife was sick?

5. How did most of the terminal patients feel about Kubler-Ross's seminars when she first started them?

6. What was the occupation of Mr. Y.?

7. What is the name of the last patient interviewed in the book?

8. To whom is chapter IX addressed?

9. What did the seminars give terminal patients an excuse to do?

10. How did the nursing staff treat the terminal ward of the hospital before Kubler-Ross's seminars?

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