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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Katie Mason when she died?
(a) 9.
(b) 4.
(c) 17.
(d) 12.

2. How much did Robert DeMatteis weigh, according to the author in Chapter 11?
(a) 245 lbs.
(b) 150 lbs.
(c) 320 lbs.
(d) 185 lbs.

3. What director of the autopsy service of the Yale-New Haven Hospital does Dr. Nuland credit for his assistance in Chapter 4?
(a) John Webster.
(b) G.J. Walker Smith, M.D.
(c) James Cowles Prichard.
(d) John Seidman.

4. At what age was Irv Lipsiner when he suffered complete cardiac heart failure, according to the author in Chapter 1?
(a) 49.
(b) 41.
(c) 92.
(d) 58.

5. What is Chapter 9’s title in the book?
(a) “Murder and Serenity.”
(b) “Doors to Death of the Aged.”
(c) “A Valentine—and How it Fails.”
(d) “The Life of a Virus and the Death of a Man.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first physician to correctly diagnose myocardial infarction?

2. It is suggested that Ishmael Garcia contracted HIV by what means?

3. According to Dr. Nuland in Chapter 3, the molecules in a living organism are what?

4. Robert DeMatteis only accepted treatment for his cancer at the urging of whom?

5. By what name does the author refer to his grandmother?

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