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

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

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

4. What kinds of experiences prevent medical students from looking forward to initial encounters with patients?
(a) Prior experience as a nurse or volunteer.
(b) Phobias.
(c) Car accidents.
(d) Severe illnesses.

5. Where did Konner go at the end of his last shift, when he wanted to reflect on the trauma patients he treated?
(a) The chapel.
(b) The bar.
(c) For a walk with another intern.
(d) Home.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What procedure did Konner participate in with David Milano?

3. How does Konner characterize his work with Dr. Haley?

4. What is the prognosis for the patients Konner sees under Dr. Burdick?

5. How does Konner characterize Freddy Robertson?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Konner's feelings about surgery?

2. How did Konner experience the medical world on his vacation?

3. How does Konner say brain disease affects a person's personality?

4. What mistake was made during gall bladder surgery on an obese woman, and what conclusion did this lead Konner to make?

5. Describe Konner's first 'Saturday Night Knife and Gun Club'.

6. What effect does Konner's opening anecdote have as a first taste of the book?

7. What was Konner's second experience in anesthesiology like?

8. What was Edwards' condition after surgery?

9. How does Konner characterize his medical student colleagues?

10. How does Konner say that Marty Wentworth and Dr. Carter embarrassed themselves?

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