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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. Who wrote that "man is the only animal that blushes or needs to"?
(a) William Faulkner.
(b) Ernest Hemingway.
(c) Winston Churchill.
(d) Mark Twain.

2. How old was Gawande's son Walker when Hattie broke her forearm?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

3. How many times had the surgeons conference been held?
(a) 86 times.
(b) 93 times.
(c) 108 times.
(d) 79 times.

4. By 2003, how many more patients were expected to have gastric-bypass surgery than did in 1999?
(a) Double the number of patients.
(b) Three times the number of patients.
(c) 10,000 more patients.
(d) 5,000 more patients.

5. What was Victor Caselli's occupation?
(a) Sanitation engineer.
(b) Assembly-line worker.
(c) Heavy-machine operator and road construction contractor.
(d) Semi-truck driver.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the woman's alcohol level that Gawande had to attend to on a crisp winter Friday?

2. How many scientific studies did Gawande find that assessed whether or not luck actually does go bad on Friday the thirteenth?

3. By what age do most of the SIDS deaths occur?

4. Who was the San Diego surgeon working without a license who bungled some sex-change operations and amputated the leg of a healthy man?

5. What book did British psychologist James Reason write about errors?

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