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

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

3. How does the young girl in chapter X view death?
(a) A rest.
(b) A twinkling.
(c) A reunion.
(d) A progression.

4. From where had Mr. Y come?
(a) England.
(b) Across town.
(c) His farm in the country.
(d) Canada.

5. Who shows resistance to Kubler-Ross's seminars on death when she first starts?
(a) The families.
(b) The state.
(c) The doctors.
(d) The patients.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the two characteristics that Kubler-Ross notes of a peaceful passing?

2. How did the patient in the last chapter describe how he was able to face his death after he changed his behavior?

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

4. What was an UNEXPECTED benefit of Kubler-Ross' seminars for the patients who attended?

5. What does Kubler-Ross say the immediate family of terminal patients experience with their dying loved one?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the most frustrating part of the last patient's illness?

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

3. About what is the mother of the small girl frustrated with her doctors?

4. How does the hospital staff initially respond to Kubler-Ross's seminars?

5. At what age do children begin to be able to understand the biological qualities of death?

6. What helped sustain the seventeen-year-old girl during her terminal illness?

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

8. Who told the seventeen-year-old girl about the severity of her condition?

9. For whom does the courageous female patient feel sorry?

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

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