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

2. How old was Gawande's son Walker when Hattie broke her forearm?
(a) 2.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

3. In court, how many children did Noe say that she had killed?
(a) 8.
(b) 2.
(c) 6.
(d) 10.

4. What book did British psychologist James Reason write about errors?
(a) Fatal System Error.
(b) Errors and Medicine.
(c) No Room for Error.
(d) Human Error.

5. What did a two-day admission turn into for Mr. Jolly?
(a) 1 week.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 4 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. During an all-night interview, how many children did Noe confess she had suffocated?

2. When did Quinlan fall off a plank at a construction site?

3. How long is the apprenticeship at Shouldice Hospital?

4. By what age do most of the SIDS deaths occur?

5. How large was the fourth patient that Gawande had to insert a central line?

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