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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 many pages were in the book that listed the schedule of programs at the surgeons convention?
(a) 78.
(b) 237.
(c) 149.
(d) 388.

2. How long after Bryce Shouldice left medical school did he begin performing hernia operations at Shouldice?
(a) Right from medical school.
(b) About a year after finishing medical school.
(c) About 2 years after finishing medical school.
(d) 18 months after finishing medical school.

3. How many operating rooms are at Shouldice Hospital?
(a) 3.
(b) 9.
(c) 8.
(d) 5.

4. What color did Duke Ellington and his band members not wear during a show?
(a) Orange.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Black.
(d) Green.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the oxygen saturation of woman who Gawande treats at the beginning of "When Doctors Make Mistakes"?

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

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?

4. What was the woman's alcohol level that Gawande had to attend to on a crisp winter Friday?

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

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