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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I - Nine Thousand Surgeons.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the woman's alcohol level that Gawande had to attend to on a crisp winter Friday?
(a) A little over the legal limit.
(b) Just under the legal limit.
(c) About twice the legal limit.
(d) 3 times the legal limit.

2. How old was the woman that Gawande saw in the emergency room his first day as a surgical resident?
(a) Late 20s.
(b) Mid 30s.
(c) About 40.
(d) Early 30s.

3. How long do hernia operations take at Shouldice Hospital?
(a) About an hour.
(b) 30-45 minutes.
(c) About 90 minutes.
(d) 20-25 minutes.

4. How many hospital patients suffered complications from treatment that prolonged their hospital stay or resulted in disability or death according to a Harvard Medical Practice Study in 1991?
(a) 3 percent.
(b) 9 percent.
(c) 4 percent.
(d) 7 percent.

5. How late were clinical sessions lined up until at the surgeons convention?
(a) Midnight.
(b) 8 p.m.
(c) 10:30 p.m.
(d) 9 p.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. When installing a central line, how long is the wire that is inserted into the vein toward the vena cava ?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 1, how many weeks had Gawande been in training?

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

4. What type of surgery had the patient who needed a central line had a week earlier?

5. How old was the patient Gawande saw while on trauma duty who had been shot in the buttock?

(see the answer key)

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