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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. What were the chances that Caselli could have died during the gastric-bypass surgery?
(a) 1 in 200 chance.
(b) 1 in 500 chance.
(c) 3 in 700 chance.
(d) 2 in 150 chance.

2. What did Tommy Lasorda always eat before a game when he managed the Los Angeles Dodgers?
(a) Quiche.
(b) Prime rib.
(c) Macaroni and cheese.
(d) Linguine.

3. At what time did the retired New England doctor's wife make it to the hospital once his illness was determined to be fatal?
(a) 2:15 a.m.
(b) Midnight.
(c) 5:00 a.m.
(d) 1:15 a.m.

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

5. How old was Mr. Jolly when he died?
(a) In his sixties.
(b) In his fifties.
(c) In his eighties.
(d) In his nineties.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who examined a stack of electrocardiograms to test his diagnostic skills against the computer?

2. What was Noe's husband's name?

3. In court, how many children did Noe say that she had killed?

4. At what hotel was Gawande staying for the surgeon's convention?

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

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