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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Emergency Ward Surgery: No Man's Land.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Scott Lucas' role?
(a) To take blood.
(b) To get the woman's clothes off.
(c) To test the woman's blood type.
(d) To reinflate the woman's lung.

2. What was Konner's status during the anecdote that opens the book?
(a) Observer.
(b) Intern.
(c) Med student.
(d) Doctor.

3. Which is NOT one of the four laws of medicine?
(a) Never call a surgeon.
(b) Keep doing things that work.
(c) Learn by experimenting.
(d) Do nothing if you don't know.

4. What had Konner been before starting med school?
(a) A sailor.
(b) A Harvard University professor.
(c) A writer.
(d) An engineer.

5. How did Freddy Robertson handle the woman's purple finger?
(a) By lancing it and draining the blood.
(b) By sawing off her ring.
(c) By compressing the finger.
(d) By amputating it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Konner go at the end of his last shift, when he wanted to reflect on the trauma patients he treated?

2. What was Konner's Uncle Bobby's role in Konner's life?

3. How does Konner characterize surgeons?

4. What behavior of John Williams' embarrassed Konner?

5. What does Konner say he tried to hide from the woman on whom he had to perform a neurological exam?

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