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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. How much might it cost in most hospitals to repair a hernia?
(a) Around $3,000.
(b) Upward of $8,000.
(c) Around $5,500.
(d) Upward of $4,000.

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

3. Who introduced the term "health-care focused factory"?
(a) Regina Herzlinger.
(b) Rochelle Meslinger.
(c) Ramona Wyatt.
(d) Rachel Erlinger.

4. What was wrong with the woman who Gawande saw in the emergency room on his first day as a surgical resident?
(a) Had a 3-inch screw in her foot.
(b) Had a fractured finger.
(c) Had a fractured ankle.
(d) Had a piece of wire in her hand.

5. How large was the fourth patient that Gawande had to insert a central line?
(a) About 250 pounds.
(b) About 380 pounds.
(c) About 195 pounds.
(d) Over 300 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long might it take in most hospitals to repair a hernia?

2. How old was the patient who needed a central line?

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

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

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

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