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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Konner characterize his work with Dr. Haley?
(a) He felt like a beginner.
(b) He felt like a fraud.
(c) He felt like he didn't know anything.
(d) He felt like a doctor of equal stature.

2. What does Konner say was keeping him tired?
(a) Problems in his personal life.
(b) His day job.
(c) Trying to do several rotations at once.
(d) Nightly assignments.

3. What did patient Francis Giannetti discover when he came into the hospital with leg cramps from jogging?
(a) Brain cancer.
(b) Heart disease.
(c) Alzheimers.
(d) Thyroid issues.

4. What does Konner say is typical of brain disease?
(a) Identity loss.
(b) Depression.
(c) Suicidal thoughts.
(d) Aggression.

5. What was Konner's status during the anecdote that opens the book?
(a) Intern.
(b) Med student.
(c) Observer.
(d) Doctor.

6. What does Konner say Dr. Ruskin bragged about having spent the weekend doing?
(a) Playing golf.
(b) Chopping wood.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Drinking.

7. What was Freddy Robertson's role in the procedures that were performed?
(a) Directing traffic.
(b) Holding the woman down.
(c) Testing her blood type.
(d) Inserting an IV.

8. Where do first-year medical students' clinical experiences take place?
(a) Small hospital groups.
(b) One-on-one tutorials.
(c) By shadowing individual doctors.
(d) Large hospital groups.

9. Why was Konner distressed by the first part of the National Medical Board Examinations?
(a) He was afraid that he would not get a higher score than his class rival.
(b) He was afraid that he would not pass.
(c) He was not confident that he could score above the middle of the class.
(d) He did not know if he would be able to get a scholarship.

10. How long a break does Konner get at Christmas?
(a) Three days.
(b) One day.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) A week.

11. What did Dr. Brennan take from Gerald Edwards' body during surgery?
(a) An abscess.
(b) A paper clip.
(c) A tumor.
(d) A bullet.

12. How many medical students was Konner grouped with for his rotation in psychiatry?
(a) Nine.
(b) Six.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Fifteen.

13. How did Marty Wentworth and Dr. Carter embarrass themselves in front of their colleagues?
(a) By making the wrong diagnosis of a patient's symptoms.
(b) By taking inflexible opinions in an argument.
(c) By refusing to consult with experts about a patient's case.
(d) By being caught harassing a nurse.

14. How does Konner characterize his teachers in the basic clinical skills classes?
(a) The best teachers he had.
(b) The least interesting teachers he ever had.
(c) The least successful teachers he ever had.
(d) The most impersonal teachers he had.

15. What is intubation?
(a) Placing a tube into a patient's bladder.
(b) Placing a tube for intravenous fluids into a patient's arm.
(c) Placing a breathing tube into a patient's throat.
(d) Placing a tube into a patient's ear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Konner's previous training in?

2. What was the diagnosis for patient Edie?

3. What criticism does Konner make of the surgery that went on for three hours?

4. How does Konner characterize the other medical students?

5. How does Konner compare to the other students in his cohort?

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