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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 color of blood indicates that the central line is inserted properly?
(a) Red.
(b) Maroon.
(c) Brown.
(d) Rusty brown.

2. How do patients leave the operating room at Shouldice after having surgery?
(a) They leave in a wheelchair.
(b) They walk out of the room.
(c) They use a walker.
(d) They are taken on a gurney.

3. How many might attend an M&M at Gawande's hospital?
(a) Almost 100 people.
(b) About 200 people.
(c) 55 people.
(d) 75 people.

4. What was wrong with Lee Tran?
(a) The flu.
(b) Bronchitis.
(c) A tumor.
(d) Pneumonia.

5. How long after Bryce Shouldice left medical school did he begin performing hernia operations at Shouldice?
(a) About a year after finishing medical school.
(b) About 2 years after finishing medical school.
(c) 18 months after finishing medical school.
(d) Right from medical school.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was the chief resident in charge of the procedure on a teenage knifing victim?

3. What was the woman's alcohol level that Gawande had to attend to on a crisp winter Friday?

4. When does the American College of Surgeons convention take place?

5. At what hotel was Gawande staying for the surgeon's convention?

(see the answer key)

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