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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. During what year of his training does Gawande have a chance to attend a surgeons convention?
(a) 5th year.
(b) 6th year.
(c) 7th year.
(d) 8th year.

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

3. At what convention center was the surgeon's conference held?
(a) Donald E. Stevens Convention Center.
(b) McCormick Place.
(c) Chicago Convention Center.
(d) Chicagoland Conference Center.

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

5. How many minutes without oxygen could lead to brain damage and perhaps death?
(a) 5 minutes.
(b) 4 minutes.
(c) 3 minutes.
(d) 6 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many times had the surgeons conference been held?

3. When is the M&M at Gawande's hospital?

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

5. How long after Bryce Shouldice left medical school did he begin performing hernia operations at Shouldice?

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