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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Full Moon Friday the Thirteenth.
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 long is the apprenticeship at Shouldice Hospital?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 18 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 1 year.
3. What branch of military service did Goodman serve in?
(a) Navy.
(b) Marines.
(c) Army.
(d) Air Force.
4. How many operating rooms are at Shouldice Hospital?
(a) 5.
(b) 9.
(c) 3.
(d) 8.
5. How old was the woman that Gawande saw in the emergency room his first day as a surgical resident?
(a) About 40.
(b) Early 30s.
(c) Mid 30s.
(d) Late 20s.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Tommy Lasorda always eat before a game when he managed the Los Angeles Dodgers?
2. What would Wade Boggs, the Boton Red Sox's former star third baseman, always eat before a game?
3. 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?
4. What country bans surgeons from practicing on animals?
5. How was the woman injured that Gawande had to attend to on a crisp winter Friday?
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