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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In court, how many children did Noe say that she had killed?
(a) 2.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

2. How old was the first patient for whom Gawande was expected to request an autopsy?
(a) 71.
(b) 81.
(c) 69.
(d) 75.

3. Over the course of four days, how many times did Bratton's leg need to be operated upon?
(a) 5 times.
(b) 2 times.
(c) 3 times.
(d) 4 times.

4. What disease had the woman whose autopsy Gwande observed at the beginning of "Final Cut" struggled with?
(a) Parkinson's Disease.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Heart disease.
(d) MS.

5. By 2003, how many more patients were expected to have gastric-bypass surgery than did in 1999?
(a) 5,000 more patients.
(b) Three times the number of patients.
(c) Double the number of patients.
(d) 10,000 more patients.

6. What time did the retired New England doctor pass away?
(a) 12:30 a.m.
(b) 2:45 a.m.
(c) 1:45 a.m.
(d) 5:30 a.m.

7. How long had Gawande's daughter Hunter been home before she became ill?
(a) A week.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 8 days.

8. How long before seeing Bratton had Gawande seen a man with necrotizing fasciitis?
(a) 5 days before.
(b) 3 week before.
(c) 2 days before.
(d) A few weeks before.

9. How many of Noe's children died?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

10. At what time did the retired New England doctor's wife make it to the hospital once his illness was determined to be fatal?
(a) 1:15 a.m.
(b) 2:15 a.m.
(c) 5:00 a.m.
(d) Midnight.

11. How many pounds does Caselli estimate he had lost and gained in his life?
(a) 800 pounds.
(b) 700 pounds.
(c) 500 pounds.
(d) 1,000 pounds.

12. In what book was a man programmed away from brutality by coupling his violent urges with feelings of nausea?
(a) The Criminal and Nausea.
(b) Clockwork Orange.
(c) Love and Nausea.
(d) Nausea.

13. How much weight did Lazaroff lose in a few months?
(a) About 20 pounds.
(b) Over 50 pounds.
(c) Over 75 pounds.
(d) About 30 pounds.

14. How old was Lazaroff?
(a) Early eighties.
(b) Early fifties.
(c) Early seventies.
(d) Early sixties.

15. When did the Goteborg group begin accepting patients who complained of disabling blushing?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1998.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many hours did it take to cut and strip off the necrotic outer layers of Bratton's muscle the first time?

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

3. When did Lazaroff's son tell the neurosurgeon that they should stop treating his father?

4. How many months after Joseph Lazaroff began having problems was a scan ordered?

5. How old was Mr. Jolly when he died?

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