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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the fear of Friday the thirteenth called?
(a) Ballistophobia.
(b) Acrophobia.
(c) Paraskevidekatriaphobia.
(d) Zemmiphobia.

2. When did Quinlan fall off a plank at a construction site?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1988.

3. At what hotel was Gawande staying for the surgeon's convention?
(a) Doubletree.
(b) Hyatt Regency.
(c) Embassy Suites.
(d) Best Western.

4. Who is the doctor who was convicted of murdering fifteen patients with lethal doses of narcotics?
(a) Harold Shipman.
(b) Gary Manson.
(c) Henry Whitman.
(d) David Andreson.

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

6. How many operating rooms are at Shouldice Hospital?
(a) 5.
(b) 9.
(c) 8.
(d) 3.

7. What country bans surgeons from practicing on animals?
(a) Britain.
(b) New Zealand.
(c) Australia.
(d) Canada.

8. How late were clinical sessions lined up until at the surgeons convention?
(a) 8 p.m.
(b) 9 p.m.
(c) 10:30 p.m.
(d) Midnight.

9. When was the case of the badly infected knee that Goodman mishandled?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1995.

10. What was wrong with Lee Tran?
(a) The flu.
(b) A tumor.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Bronchitis.

11. How long is the apprenticeship at Shouldice Hospital?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 18 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 1 year.

12. How many central lines did Gawande try before succeeding on his own?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

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

14. How large was the fourth patient that Gawande had to insert a central line?
(a) About 380 pounds.
(b) About 250 pounds.
(c) About 195 pounds.
(d) Over 300 pounds.

15. Who was the staff surgeon in charge of the procedure on a teenage knifing victim?
(a) Malcom Wiggins.
(b) Matt Provin.
(c) Mitchell Davidson.
(d) Michael Ball.

Short Answer Questions

1. What branch of military service did Goodman serve in?

2. What did Tommy Lasorda always eat before a game when he managed the Los Angeles Dodgers?

3. How many scientific studies did Gawande find that assessed whether or not luck actually does go bad on Friday the thirteenth?

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

5. What book did British psychologist James Reason write about errors?

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