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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Case of the Red Leg.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the woman's alcohol level that Gawande had to attend to on a crisp winter Friday?
(a) 3 times the legal limit.
(b) About twice the legal limit.
(c) A little over the legal limit.
(d) Just under the legal limit.

2. When installing a central line, how long is the wire that is inserted into the vein toward the vena cava ?
(a) 12 inches long.
(b) 2 feet long.
(c) 3 feet long.
(d) 15 inches long.

3. How old was Noe's husband when she plead to guilty to killing her children?
(a) 81.
(b) 77.
(c) 80.
(d) 78.

4. What did a two-day admission turn into for Mr. Jolly?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 4 weeks.
(d) 3 weeks.

5. At what convention center was the surgeon's conference held?
(a) McCormick Place.
(b) Donald E. Stevens Convention Center.
(c) Chicagoland Conference Center.
(d) Chicago Convention Center.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country bans surgeons from practicing on animals?

2. During the gastric-bypass surgery, to what size was Caselli's stomach reduced to?

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

4. Where did Drury go to have surgery to stop her blushing?

5. How old was the former orthopedic surgeon that Gawande writes about in "When Good Doctors Go Bad"?

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