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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Queasy Feeling.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what hotel was Gawande staying for the surgeon's convention?
(a) Embassy Suites.
(b) Hyatt Regency.
(c) Doubletree.
(d) Best Western.

2. What percent of pregnant women experience morning sickness?
(a) 10 to 20 percent.
(b) 40 to 50 percent.
(c) 60 to 85 percent.
(d) 80 to 90 percent.

3. When did Quinlan fall off a plank at a construction site?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1994.

4. What is the second most common reason why employees miss work?
(a) Migraines.
(b) Chronic back pain.
(c) Cold.
(d) Flu.

5. Where did Amy Fitzpatrick and her husband drive for Easter?
(a) Boston, Massachusetts.
(b) Alexandria, Virginia.
(c) Baltimore, Maryland.
(d) Yonkers, New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year were the articles by Joseph Lister that were for sale?

2. How long did it take a man to examine a stack of electrocardiograms to test his diagnostic skills against a computer?

3. At what convention center was the surgeon's conference held?

4. At any given time, approximately what percent of practicing physicians are unfit to see patients?

5. When was the case of the badly infected knee that Goodman mishandled?

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