Test your knowledge of organ and tissue donation and transplantation with this 12-question quiz. The first six questions are true/false, while the remaining six are multiple choice.

The Gift of Life Quiz is provided by the Gift of Life Donor Program, the region's non-profit organ and tissue donor program.

1. The age limit for organ and tissue donation is 60.

True
False

2. Anyone can be an organ donor.

True
False

3. Several major religions forbid organ and tissue donation.

True
False

4. Signing a donor card will guarantee that you will be a donor.

True
False

5. Families of donors say that donation helped them deal with the loss of their loved one.

True
False

6. An open-casket viewing is not possible following organ and tissue donation.

True
False

7. Organs for transplant are given to patients based on their ____________.

A) Income and insurance coverage
B) Race, sex and age
C) Popularity and political status
D) Medical urgency, blood type, weight range and other medical factors.

8. A donor heart can remain outside of the body for ___________ before being transplanted.

A) 10 hours
B) 4 hours
C) 24 hours
D) 2 hours

9. More than _____________ organ transplants have been performed since the 1950s.

A) 16,000
B) 5,000
C) 55,000
D) 200,000

10. There are more than _________ people in the United States awaiting organ transplants.

A) 50,000
B) 34,000
C) 13,000
D) 22,000

11. Each year about ________ people are organ donors.

A) 53,500
B) 27,000
C) 5,400
D) 1,250

12. One person can help as many as _________ people as a donor of vital organs and tissues, including corneas, bone and skin.

A) 10
B) 6
C) 40
D) 13

Thank you for taking the Gift of Life Quiz.