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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Dead Baby Mystery.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the United States National Center for Health Statistics stop collecting autopsy statistics?
(a) 2001.
(b) 1998.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1999.

2. During what week in Fitzpatrick's pregnancy was she able to eat an odd selection of four things in sliver-size portions?
(a) 23rd week.
(b) 35th week.
(c) 29th week.
(d) 30th week.

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

4. How many central lines did Gawande try before succeeding on his own?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

5. How many pregnant woman who are employed miss work because of morning sickness?
(a) One fourth.
(b) One third.
(c) Two thirds.
(d) Half.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Quinlan hurt when he fell off a plank at a construction site?

2. How many companies were registered in attendance at the surgeons convention?

3. When did Ronald Melzack and Patrick Wall propose that the pain model be replaced with what they called the Gate-Control Theory of Pain?

4. What type of a local anesthetic did the chief resident use when she put in a central line?

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

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