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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. How many hospital patients suffered complications from treatment that prolonged their hospital stay or resulted in disability or death according to a Harvard Medical Practice Study in 1991?
(a) 7 percent.
(b) 3 percent.
(c) 4 percent.
(d) 9 percent.

2. How long did it take a man to examine a stack of electrocardiograms to test his diagnostic skills against a computer?
(a) A week.
(b) 4 days.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 2 days.

3. When installing a central line, how long is the wire that is inserted into the vein toward the vena cava ?
(a) 12 inches long.
(b) 15 inches long.
(c) 2 feet long.
(d) 3 feet long.

4. How many siblings does Goodman have?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

5. How old was the former orthopedic surgeon that Gawande writes about in "When Good Doctors Go Bad"?
(a) 56.
(b) 51.
(c) 62.
(d) 48.

Short Answer Questions

1. How heavy was the woman that Gawande had to attend to on a crisp winter Friday?

2. How long might it take in most hospitals to repair a hernia?

3. How much money did Goodman make in a year when he was doing well?

4. Who was the staff surgeon in charge of the procedure on a teenage knifing victim?

5. What is the second most common reason why employees miss work?

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