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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. Where did Drury go to college?
(a) Indiana State University.
(b) University of Southern Indiana.
(c) University of Evansville.
(d) Purdue University.

2. How much do hernia operations cost at Shouldice Hospital?
(a) About one-fourth of what they cost elsewhere.
(b) About twice what they cost elsewhere.
(c) Half what they cost elsewhere.
(d) About one-third of what they cost elsewhere.

3. How many of Noe's children died?
(a) 10.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 3.

4. What time of day was it when Gawande had to leave the procedure on a teenage knifing victim?
(a) Midnight.
(b) 10 p.m.
(c) Noon.
(d) 2 a.m.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Gawande's daughter Hattie when she broke the bones in her forearm?

2. How old was Gawande's son Walker when Hattie broke her forearm?

3. How many surgeons attended the American College of Surgeons convention?

4. How many hospital patients suffered complications from treatment that prolonged their hospital stay or resulted in disability or death according to a Harvard Medical Practice Study in 1991?

5. What was Dr. Richard Sang's practice before he came to Shouldice?

(see the answer key)

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