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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What statistician described a classic example of imagining patterns where really there are none when he described the Germans' bombing patterns of South London in World War II?
(a) William Feller.
(b) Lance Bridger.
(c) Wagner Westford.
(d) Brandon Wyatt.

2. When does the American College of Surgeons convention take place?
(a) April.
(b) September.
(c) Mid-October.
(d) July.

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

4. What branch of military service did Goodman serve in?
(a) Air Force.
(b) Marines.
(c) Navy.
(d) Army.

5. At any given time, approximately what percent of practicing physicians are unfit to see patients?
(a) 1-2 percent.
(b) 5-6 percent.
(c) 3-5 percent.
(d) 7-8 percent.

6. What type of a local anesthetic did the chief resident use when she put in a central line?
(a) Lidocaine.
(b) Benzocaine.
(c) Saxitoxin.
(d) Triocaine.

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

8. Who directs the chronic-pain treatment center at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston?
(a) Dr. Marshall Davidson.
(b) Dr. Robert Edgington.
(c) Dr. Edgar Ross.
(d) Dr. Wyatt Irving.

9. When was it first suggested that a computer could read an EKG better than a human could?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1987.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1991.

10. During what year of his training does Gawande have a chance to attend a surgeons convention?
(a) 8th year.
(b) 5th year.
(c) 7th year.
(d) 6th year.

11. What type of a necklace did New York Mets' pitcher Turk Wendell always wear?
(a) Cross necklace.
(b) A St. Christopher medal on a chain.
(c) A silver four-leaf clover on a chain.
(d) Animal-fang necklace.

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

13. What did Tommy Lasorda always eat before a game when he managed the Los Angeles Dodgers?
(a) Quiche.
(b) Prime rib.
(c) Macaroni and cheese.
(d) Linguine.

14. How old was the former orthopedic surgeon that Gawande writes about in "When Good Doctors Go Bad"?
(a) 51.
(b) 62.
(c) 56.
(d) 48.

15. What was the average amount of time that a keyboard operator in Australia would lose from work due to disabling arm pain?
(a) 74 days.
(b) 64 days.
(c) 29 days.
(d) 53 days.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who examined a stack of electrocardiograms to test his diagnostic skills against the computer?

3. Where was the surgeon's conference held that Gawande attended?

4. Where did Gawande grow up?

5. How late were clinical sessions lined up until at the surgeons convention?

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