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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Full Moon Friday the Thirteenth.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Gawande grow up?
(a) Atlantic, Iowa.
(b) Alpena, Michigan.
(c) Atlanta, Georgia.
(d) Athens, Ohio.

2. How old was the former orthopedic surgeon that Gawande writes about in "When Good Doctors Go Bad"?
(a) 51.
(b) 56.
(c) 48.
(d) 62.

3. How heavy was the woman that Gawande had to attend to on a crisp winter Friday?
(a) About 130 pounds.
(b) About 300 pounds.
(c) About 175 pounds.
(d) More than 200 pounds.

4. How long do hernia operations take at Shouldice Hospital?
(a) About an hour.
(b) 20-25 minutes.
(c) About 90 minutes.
(d) 30-45 minutes.

5. What book did British psychologist James Reason write about errors?
(a) No Room for Error.
(b) Errors and Medicine.
(c) Human Error.
(d) Fatal System Error.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many patients a day did Goodman's physician's assistant say the man would see and not spend more than five minutes with them?

2. What time of day was it when Gawande had to leave the procedure on a teenage knifing victim?

3. Who first proposed that a computer could read an EKG better than a human could?

4. How much money did Goodman make in a year when he was doing well?

5. How many minutes without oxygen could lead to brain damage and perhaps death?

(see the answer key)

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