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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What caused the patient in the last chapter to change his behavior?
2. Why is the mother of the very small girl unhappy with the doctors who are treating her?
3. What does Kubler-Ross say a therapist will see while witnessing the passing of many terminal patients?
4. How do children at age five view death?
5. What is the name of the terminally ill patient in the last chapter?
Short Essay Questions
1. At whom was the last patient in the book so angry?
2. At what age do children begin to be able to understand the biological qualities of death?
3. About what is the mother of the small girl frustrated with her doctors?
4. What is the name of the last patient interviewed in the book?
5. Why were some of the doctors so hostile towards Kubler-Ross and her staff?
6. Why did the nursing staff treat the terminal ward the way that they did before Kubler-Ross's seminars?
7. What terminal illness did Mrs. S. have?
8. What did Kubler-Ross and her team do to try and help Mr. Y.?
9. What does death seem like to a five-year-old child?
10. What was the most frustrating part of the last patient's illness?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare/contrast the types of people who have a hard time reaching acceptance and those who get there much faster. What sorts of things determine the rate at which a patient will reach acceptance? Please provide examples from the book to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Explain Mr. Y.'s situation as well as the reasoning he was given for being placed in that situation. How did this affect his wife's and his acceptance process?
Essay Topic 3
What are the progressive stages and ages of a child's understanding of death? How can an adult explain the death of a loved one to children in these different stages? Use examples from the book to support your ideas.
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