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

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

3. What network did Christine Drury work for when she was the overnight anchorwoman?
(a) NBC.
(b) CBS.
(c) CNN.
(d) ABC.

4. How was the woman injured that Gawande had to attend to on a crisp winter Friday?
(a) Auto accident.
(b) A fall at home.
(c) A domestic incident.
(d) A fall at work.

5. When was a manuscript written that described putting delinquent juveniles inside a box outside town hall that would be spun at high speed until the youth vomited?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1893.
(c) 1843.
(d) 1931.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was the patient Gawande saw while on trauma duty who had been shot in the buttock?

2. By 2003, how many more patients were expected to have gastric-bypass surgery than did in 1999?

3. Who introduced the term "health-care focused factory"?

4. Who directs the chronic-pain treatment center at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston?

5. Who was the chief resident in charge of the procedure on a teenage knifing victim?

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