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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. At what hotel was Gawande staying for the surgeon's convention?
(a) Embassy Suites.
(b) Hyatt Regency.
(c) Best Western.
(d) Doubletree.

2. What type of a local anesthetic did the chief resident use when she put in a central line?
(a) Benzocaine.
(b) Lidocaine.
(c) Triocaine.
(d) Saxitoxin.

3. What worked at first to ease Quinlan's pain?
(a) Demerol.
(b) Epidural injections.
(c) Vicodin.
(d) OxyContin.

4. What type of a necklace did New York Mets' pitcher Turk Wendell always wear?
(a) Animal-fang necklace.
(b) A silver four-leaf clover on a chain.
(c) A St. Christopher medal on a chain.
(d) Cross necklace.

5. When was Marie Noe giving birth to her children?
(a) 1949 to 1968.
(b) 1945 to 1960.
(c) 1970 to 2000.
(d) 1950 to 1965.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did a robotic surgery device cost that Gawande's department purchased?

2. What would Wade Boggs, the Boton Red Sox's former star third baseman, always eat before a game?

3. What branch of military service did Goodman serve in?

4. How many children did Marie Noe have?

5. How old was the first patient for whom Gawande was expected to request an autopsy?

(see the answer key)

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