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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Dead Baby Mystery.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who originated the explanation of pain that has dominated much of medical history?
(a) Gottfried Leibnitz.
(b) Baruch Spinoza.
(c) Henry K. Beecher.
(d) Rene Descartes.

2. During the gastric-bypass surgery, to what size was Caselli's stomach reduced to?
(a) 3 ounces.
(b) 1 quart.
(c) 1 ounce.
(d) 2 ounces.

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

4. How many times had the surgeons conference been held?
(a) 86 times.
(b) 93 times.
(c) 108 times.
(d) 79 times.

5. Who first proposed that a computer could read an EKG better than a human could?
(a) Lars Edenbrandt.
(b) Michael Bartholomew.
(c) William Baxt.
(d) David Angston.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was wrong with the woman who Gawande saw in the emergency room on his first day as a surgical resident?

2. When did Quinlan fall off a plank at a construction site?

3. How much might it cost in most hospitals to repair a hernia?

4. For how many years have there been workplace programs to focus on the proper way to lift among other things?

5. Where did Amy Fitzpatrick and her husband drive for Easter?

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