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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. Where was the television station where Christine Drury was the overnight anchorwoman?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Indianapolis.
(c) Fort Wayne.
(d) Bloomington.

2. Who originated the explanation of pain that has dominated much of medical history?
(a) Henry K. Beecher.
(b) Gottfried Leibnitz.
(c) Rene Descartes.
(d) Baruch Spinoza.

3. How many pages were in the book that listed the schedule of programs at the surgeons convention?
(a) 388.
(b) 78.
(c) 149.
(d) 237.

4. Who introduced the term "health-care focused factory"?
(a) Regina Herzlinger.
(b) Rochelle Meslinger.
(c) Ramona Wyatt.
(d) Rachel Erlinger.

5. How much did the recovery room nurse at Gawande's hospital weigh at one time?
(a) Around 400 pounds.
(b) About 350 pounds.
(c) Over 250 pounds.
(d) About 300 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percent of Americans does a 1995 poll show believe that the moon alters individual behavior?

2. How many minutes without oxygen could lead to brain damage and perhaps death?

3. In what country is it controversial to keep the internal organs of the deceased after an autopsy?

4. Who first proposed that a computer could read an EKG better than a human could?

5. What was the woman's alcohol level that Gawande had to attend to on a crisp winter Friday?

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