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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Full Moon Friday the Thirteenth.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years of training did Gawande require to be a general surgeon?
(a) 8.
(b) 12.
(c) 6.
(d) 10.

2. How long do hernia operations take at Shouldice Hospital?
(a) 30-45 minutes.
(b) About 90 minutes.
(c) About an hour.
(d) 20-25 minutes.

3. How many patients a day did Goodman's physician's assistant say the man would see and not spend more than five minutes with them?
(a) 30.
(b) 25.
(c) 35.
(d) 40.

4. What was wrong with the woman who Gawande saw in the emergency room on his first day as a surgical resident?
(a) Had a fractured finger.
(b) Had a 3-inch screw in her foot.
(c) Had a piece of wire in her hand.
(d) Had a fractured ankle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was the patient who needed a central line?

2. How large was the fourth patient that Gawande had to insert a central line?

3. For luck, what did Michael Jordon always wear under his Chicago Bulls uniform?

4. How old was the patient Gawande saw while on trauma duty who had been shot in the buttock?

5. When installing a central line, how long is the wire that is inserted into the vein toward the vena cava ?

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