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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I - The Computer and the Hernia Factor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color of blood indicates that the central line is inserted properly?
(a) Maroon.
(b) Rusty brown.
(c) Brown.
(d) Red.

2. How much do hernia operations cost at Shouldice Hospital?
(a) About twice what they cost elsewhere.
(b) About one-third of what they cost elsewhere.
(c) Half what they cost elsewhere.
(d) About one-fourth of what they cost elsewhere.

3. How long is the apprenticeship at Shouldice Hospital?
(a) 18 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 1 year.

4. What was wrong with Lee Tran?
(a) A tumor.
(b) The flu.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Bronchitis.

5. Who examined a stack of electrocardiograms to test his diagnostic skills against the computer?
(a) Hans Ohlin.
(b) Andrew Weaver.
(c) Henrich Wagner.
(d) John Brighton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surgery did Gawande assist with for a seventy-five-year-old woman?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 1, how many weeks had Gawande been in training?

3. How old was the patient who needed a central line?

4. What was wrong with the woman who Gawande saw in the emergency room on his first day as a surgical resident?

5. How old was the woman that Gawande saw in the emergency room his first day as a surgical resident?

(see the answer key)

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