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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Dead Baby Mystery.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was wrong with the woman who Gawande saw in the emergency room on his first day as a surgical resident?
(a) Had a 3-inch screw in her foot.
(b) Had a piece of wire in her hand.
(c) Had a fractured ankle.
(d) Had a fractured finger.

2. What is the second most common reason why employees miss work?
(a) Cold.
(b) Flu.
(c) Chronic back pain.
(d) Migraines.

3. How old was the woman whose autopsy Gawande observed at the beginning of the "Final Cut"?
(a) 38.
(b) 32.
(c) 41.
(d) 27.

4. What percent of the population does a crude estimate suggest are afflicted with severe blushing?
(a) About 8 percent.
(b) 5 to 10 percent.
(c) 1 to 7 percent.
(d) About 2 percent.

5. What percent of patients with heart attacks who are seen in emergency rooms are mistakenly discharged?
(a) Between 2 and 8 percent.
(b) About 25 percent.
(c) About 10 percent.
(d) Between 1 and 5 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Dr. Richard Sang's practice before he came to Shouldice?

2. For luck, what did Michael Jordon always wear under his Chicago Bulls uniform?

3. What would Wade Boggs, the Boton Red Sox's former star third baseman, always eat before a game?

4. When did a man examine a stack of electrocardiograms to test his diagnostic skills against a computer?

5. At what hotel was Gawande staying for the surgeon's convention?

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