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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. Since 1998, how many operations have been performed to stop severe blushing?
(a) 500.
(b) 4,000.
(c) 3,000.
(d) 1,500.

2. What is the second most common reason why employees miss work?
(a) Flu.
(b) Chronic back pain.
(c) Migraines.
(d) Cold.

3. How many scientific studies did Gawande find that assessed whether or not luck actually does go bad on Friday the thirteenth?
(a) 0.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

4. How many surgeons attended the American College of Surgeons convention?
(a) 8,914.
(b) 7,648.
(c) 9,312.
(d) 10,312.

5. Where was the surgeon's conference held that Gawande attended?
(a) Kansas City.
(b) Las Vegas.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New York City.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did it take a man to examine a stack of electrocardiograms to test his diagnostic skills against a computer?

2. What time did the retired New England doctor pass away?

3. Who first proposed that a computer could read an EKG better than a human could?

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

5. When were Fitzpatrick's twins born?

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