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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. At the beginning of Chapter 1, how many weeks had Gawande been in training?
(a) 6 weeks.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 4 weeks.

2. When was the case of the badly infected knee that Goodman mishandled?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1994.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1995.

3. How old was the former orthopedic surgeon that Gawande writes about in "When Good Doctors Go Bad"?
(a) 56.
(b) 62.
(c) 51.
(d) 48.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What country bans surgeons from practicing on animals?

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

3. How many minutes without oxygen could lead to brain damage and perhaps death?

4. For how many years have there been workplace programs to focus on the proper way to lift among other things?

5. How many patients a day did Goodman's physician's assistant say the man would see and not spend more than five minutes with them?

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