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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. How old was the patient Gawande saw while on trauma duty who had been shot in the buttock?
(a) 20.
(b) 15.
(c) 40.
(d) 35.

2. How old was Rowland Scott Quinlan when he began having problems?
(a) 58.
(b) 45.
(c) 62.
(d) 56.

3. At any given time, approximately what percent of practicing physicians are unfit to see patients?
(a) 3-5 percent.
(b) 1-2 percent.
(c) 7-8 percent.
(d) 5-6 percent.

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

5. Who began his career at the same television station where Drury worked?
(a) Jay Leno.
(b) Steve Allen.
(c) Johnny Carson.
(d) David Letterman.

Short Answer Questions

1. For luck, what did Michael Jordon always wear under his Chicago Bulls uniform?

2. Where was the television station where Christine Drury was the overnight anchorwoman?

3. When did the Goteborg group begin accepting patients who complained of disabling blushing?

4. How many central lines did Gawande try before succeeding on his own?

5. Where did Amy Fitzpatrick get her M.B.A.?

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