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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. What color did Duke Ellington and his band members not wear during a show?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Orange.
(c) Black.
(d) Green.

2. 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) 3 percent.
(b) 9 percent.
(c) 7 percent.
(d) 4 percent.

3. How old was the woman that Gawande saw in the emergency room his first day as a surgical resident?
(a) Mid 30s.
(b) About 40.
(c) Late 20s.
(d) Early 30s.

4. When did a man examine a stack of electrocardiograms to test his diagnostic skills against a computer?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1994.

5. How many times had the surgeons conference been held?
(a) 93 times.
(b) 108 times.
(c) 86 times.
(d) 79 times.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many operating rooms are at Shouldice Hospital?

2. How old was Gawande's daughter Hattie when she broke the bones in her forearm?

3. How old was Rowland Scott Quinlan when he began having problems?

4. Where did Gawande grow up?

5. What did Turk Wendell insist that his salary be for the 1999 season?

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