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

2. How does Konner characterize his teachers in the basic clinical skills classes?
(a) The least successful teachers he ever had.
(b) The most impersonal teachers he had.
(c) The best teachers he had.
(d) The least interesting teachers he ever had.

3. What is the immigrant neurosurgeon's rule, when Konner makes rounds with him?
(a) Spend as little time as possible with the patient.
(b) Touch the patient.
(c) Read the chart first.
(d) Talk to the patient.

4. What had happened to the woman who was rolled into the ER?
(a) Car accident.
(b) Stabbing.
(c) Pregnancy complications.
(d) Drug overdose.

5. What does Konner say Dr. Ruskin bragged about having spent the weekend doing?
(a) Playing golf.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Chopping wood.
(d) Drinking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What crude behavior does Konner describe from a resident physician?

2. What medical term does Konner use to describe his book?

3. How does Konner characterize surgeons?

4. For what did John Williams set records?

5. How did Freddy Robertson handle the woman's purple finger?

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