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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. How long might it take in most hospitals to repair a hernia?
(a) 90 minutes.
(b) 1 hours.
(c) 45 minutes.
(d) 2 hours.

2. Who was the staff surgeon in charge of the procedure on a teenage knifing victim?
(a) Matt Provin.
(b) Mitchell Davidson.
(c) Malcom Wiggins.
(d) Michael Ball.

3. What statistician described a classic example of imagining patterns where really there are none when he described the Germans' bombing patterns of South London in World War II?
(a) Wagner Westford.
(b) Brandon Wyatt.
(c) Lance Bridger.
(d) William Feller.

4. How many salespeople attended the surgeons convention?
(a) 5,300.
(b) 4,200.
(c) 6,100.
(d) 3,500.

5. How many central lines did Gawande try before succeeding on his own?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Gawande grow up?

2. When was it first suggested that a computer could read an EKG better than a human could?

3. For over a decade, how many hours did Goodman work a week?

4. How many scientific studies did Gawande find that assessed whether or not luck actually does go bad on Friday the thirteenth?

5. How long do hernia operations take at Shouldice Hospital?

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