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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many pounds does Caselli estimate he had lost and gained in his life?

2. What percent of people who have necrotizing fasciitis die?

3. At what time did the retired New England doctor's wife make it to the hospital once his illness was determined to be fatal?

4. How many of Noe's children died?

5. How old was Lazaroff?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did Lazaroff first learn what was wrong?

2. What is a core predicament in medicine?

3. What does Gawande say was the relationship between doctor and patient over a decade ago?

4. What happened to the babies born to Marie Noe?

5. Why did Gawande and others suspect abuse when they saw a two-month-old boy whose face had been badly scalded?

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

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

8. What two options did Lazaroff have to deal with the metastasis that was compressing his thoracic spinal cord?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using examples from Complications, argue whether the belief in superstitions is anecdotal or scientific.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast diagnosis of illness and evaluation of tests using machines and using humans. Use examples from Complications.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the traits that make a good surgeon and why those traits are so important.

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