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Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Rowland Scott Quinlan when he began having problems?
(a) 62.
(b) 56.
(c) 58.
(d) 45.

2. What did a two-day admission turn into for Mr. Jolly?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) 4 weeks.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 1 week.

3. When did the United States National Center for Health Statistics stop collecting autopsy statistics?
(a) 1998.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1995.
(d) 2001.

4. What was the average amount of time that a keyboard operator in Australia would lose from work due to disabling arm pain?
(a) 64 days.
(b) 53 days.
(c) 29 days.
(d) 74 days.

5. Where was the surgeon's conference held that Gawande attended?
(a) Las Vegas.
(b) Kansas City.
(c) New York City.
(d) Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Mr. Jolly when he died?

2. During what year of his training does Gawande have a chance to attend a surgeons convention?

3. In what country is it controversial to keep the internal organs of the deceased after an autopsy?

4. How late were clinical sessions lined up until at the surgeons convention?

5. When did Ronald Melzack and Patrick Wall propose that the pain model be replaced with what they called the Gate-Control Theory of Pain?

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