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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) About twice the legal limit.
(b) A little over the legal limit.
(c) Just under the legal limit.
(d) 3 times the legal limit.

2. What was the oxygen saturation of woman who Gawande treats at the beginning of "When Doctors Make Mistakes"?
(a) 50 percent.
(b) 90 percent.
(c) 88 percent.
(d) 98 percent.

3. How old was the patient Gawande saw while on trauma duty who had been shot in the buttock?
(a) 15.
(b) 35.
(c) 20.
(d) 40.

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

5. How many electrocardiograms did a man examine to test his diagnostic skills against a computer?
(a) 2,240.
(b) 675.
(c) 3,215.
(d) 1,775.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many operating rooms are at Shouldice Hospital?

2. 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?

3. When did a man examine a stack of electrocardiograms to test his diagnostic skills against a computer?

4. How old was the woman that Gawande saw in the emergency room his first day as a surgical resident?

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

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