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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Man Who Couldn't Stop Eating.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the oxygen saturation of woman who Gawande treats at the beginning of "When Doctors Make Mistakes"?
(a) 98 percent.
(b) 50 percent.
(c) 90 percent.
(d) 88 percent.

2. How many siblings does Goodman have?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

3. Where did Drury go to college?
(a) University of Southern Indiana.
(b) University of Evansville.
(c) Purdue University.
(d) Indiana State University.

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

5. When did a man examine a stack of electrocardiograms to test his diagnostic skills against a computer?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1994.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1990.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was the former orthopedic surgeon that Gawande writes about in "When Good Doctors Go Bad"?

2. Who originated the explanation of pain that has dominated much of medical history?

3. In 1999, how many obesity patients had gastric-bypass surgery in the United States?

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

5. When were Fitzpatrick's twins born?

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