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

4. How old was Eleanor Bratton when she had a red and swollen leg?
(a) 25.
(b) 23.
(c) 21.
(d) 18.

5. How old was Mr. Jolly when he died?
(a) In his sixties.
(b) In his nineties.
(c) In his eighties.
(d) In his fifties.

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

7. Since 1998, how many operations have been performed to stop severe blushing?
(a) 4,000.
(b) 1,500.
(c) 3,000.
(d) 500.

8. When did Lazaroff's son tell the neurosurgeon that they should stop treating his father?
(a) 14 days after his spinal surgery.
(b) 3 weeks after his spinal sugery.
(c) 7 days after his spinal surgery.
(d) 2 days after his spinal surgery.

9. Who wrote that "man is the only animal that blushes or needs to"?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) Mark Twain.
(c) Winston Churchill.
(d) William Faulkner.

10. What month was it when Gawande saw a patient with a red and swollen leg?
(a) July.
(b) June.
(c) May.
(d) April.

11. How old was Iphigenia Jones when her doctor asked her whether she wanted a mastectomy or breast preserving treatment?
(a) 21.
(b) 25.
(c) 31.
(d) 35.

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

13. When was Marie Noe giving birth to her children?
(a) 1970 to 2000.
(b) 1950 to 1965.
(c) 1945 to 1960.
(d) 1949 to 1968.

14. How high was Bratton's fever when she decided to go to the doctor?
(a) 102 degrees.
(b) 104 degrees.
(c) 103 degrees.
(d) 101 degrees.

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