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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What restrictions did Konner have to observe after scrubbing in?
(a) He could not talk to anyone.
(b) He could not touch anything.
(c) He could not leave the surgery ward.
(d) He could not discuss other cases.

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

3. What did Mike Colucci do by mistake?
(a) Failed to anesthetize the patient property.
(b) Removed the wrong organ.
(c) Cut the cystic artery.
(d) Made the incision in the wrong place.

4. How does Konner characterize his work with Dr. Haley?
(a) He felt like a beginner.
(b) He felt like he didn't know anything.
(c) He felt like a fraud.
(d) He felt like a doctor of equal stature.

5. What insight did Konner get over his break?
(a) His father was sick, and he saw the hospital through his eyes.
(b) He had heartburn, and saw that drugs fixed it immediately.
(c) He was sick, and saw illness from the patient's perspective.
(d) He traveled, and knew what it was like to be out of his element.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the article Konner find in his last week of surgery argue?

2. How does Konner characterize Dr. Ringler?

3. What specialty does Konner decide to follow?

4. What does Konner say the younger students do not have, which older students do?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What mistake was made during gall bladder surgery on an obese woman, and what conclusion did this lead Konner to make?

2. Describe Konner's first neurological examination.

3. Describe the process of scrubbing in.

4. How does Konner characterize Howard Cullen's condition?

5. How is Konner different from the other students in his group?

6. What effect does Konner's opening anecdote have as a first taste of the book?

7. How does Konner say that he dealt with Bigelow, the street person?

8. What does Konner say he finds unrealistic in TV doctor dramas?

9. What lesson does Konner say he learned from John Williams?

10. What were Konner's reasons fro becoming a doctor?

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