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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ward Surgery: Crossing the Boundary.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the nature of the first operation in which Konner participated?
(a) Heart surgery.
(b) Gall bladder surgery.
(c) Brain surgery.
(d) Skin surgery.

2. For how long has Konner wanted to study medicine?
(a) Since high school.
(b) Since college.
(c) Since middle school.
(d) All his life.

3. Where did Konner go at the end of his last shift, when he wanted to reflect on the trauma patients he treated?
(a) Home.
(b) The bar.
(c) The chapel.
(d) For a walk with another intern.

4. What medical term does Konner use to describe his book?
(a) A missed heartbeat.
(b) An orchid in the attic.
(c) A radical treatment.
(d) A compensatory pause.

5. Where was Melvin Konner a medical student?
(a) Beth Israel Hospital.
(b) Kings County Hospital.
(c) Galen Memorial Hospital.
(d) Bay State Hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kinds of experiences prevent medical students from looking forward to initial encounters with patients?

2. What does Konner say patients almost always want doctors to do?

3. What restrictions did Konner have to observe after scrubbing in?

4. What did Konner find for the street person who came in with a minor injury?

5. Why did Konner's procedure with the woman with gonorrhea take five times longer than the procedure should have taken?

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