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

2. What type of surgery had the patient who needed a central line had a week earlier?
(a) Abdominal surgery.
(b) Hernia surgery.
(c) Removal of his appendix.
(d) Heart surgery.

3. Where did Gawande grow up?
(a) Alpena, Michigan.
(b) Atlantic, Iowa.
(c) Athens, Ohio.
(d) Atlanta, Georgia.

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

5. How heavy was the woman that Gawande had to attend to on a crisp winter Friday?
(a) About 300 pounds.
(b) More than 200 pounds.
(c) About 130 pounds.
(d) About 175 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What time of day was it when Gawande had to leave the procedure on a teenage knifing victim?

3. Who was the San Diego surgeon working without a license who bungled some sex-change operations and amputated the leg of a healthy man?

4. Who is the doctor who was convicted of murdering fifteen patients with lethal doses of narcotics?

5. When does the American College of Surgeons convention take place?

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