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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percent of people who have necrotizing fasciitis die?
(a) 10 percent.
(b) 50 percent.
(c) 70 percent.
(d) 45 percent.

2. When was one of the earliest forensic examinations performed?
(a) 44 B.C.
(b) 51 A.D.
(c) 61 B.C.
(d) 44 A.D.

3. How many weeks into her pregnancy was Amy Fitzpatrick when she had her first bout with vomiting?
(a) 12 weeks.
(b) 6 weeks.
(c) 8 weeks.
(d) 4 weeks.

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

5. How old was Drury when she got the job as overnight television anchorwoman?
(a) 24.
(b) 26.
(c) 28.
(d) 31.

Short Answer Questions

1. What month was it when Gawande saw a patient with a red and swollen leg?

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

3. By what age do most of the SIDS deaths occur?

4. Where was Amy Fitzpatrick when she had her first bout with vomiting?

5. How much did Caselli weigh before the surgery?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sometimes happens to those who decide not to undergo gastric-bypass surgery even if they qualify?

2. What drugs were prescribed for Fitzpatrick, and how did they help reduce her nausea?

3. What was Christine Drury's first job at Channel 13 News in Indianapolis?

4. What are some ways that people have gotten necrotizing fasciitis?

5. What is a core predicament in medicine?

6. When Gawande was seeing patients with a surgery professor, what words surprised him?

7. Why in 1533 was the first documented postmortem examination in the New World performed?

8. What physical changes did Drury experience after her surgery to stop blushing?

9. What do studies show about the chances of obese adults and obese children to lose weight and keep it off?

10. Were Fitzpatrick's twins healthy when they were born?

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