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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. How old was the patient who needed a central line?
(a) In his thirties.
(b) Fiftyish.
(c) In his sixties.
(d) In his forties.

2. What disease had the woman whose autopsy Gwande observed at the beginning of "Final Cut" struggled with?
(a) Heart disease.
(b) MS.
(c) Parkinson's Disease.
(d) Diabetes.

3. How large was the fourth patient that Gawande had to insert a central line?
(a) About 195 pounds.
(b) About 250 pounds.
(c) About 380 pounds.
(d) Over 300 pounds.

4. What did Jack Nicklaus always have to have in his pocket when he played golf?
(a) A lucky dime.
(b) A rabbit's foot.
(c) 3 pennies.
(d) A $2 bill.

5. What percent of Americans does a 1995 poll show believe that the moon alters individual behavior?
(a) 38 percent.
(b) 57 percent.
(c) 16 percent.
(d) 43 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what convention center was the surgeon's conference held?

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

3. What were the chances that Caselli could have died during the gastric-bypass surgery?

4. How old was the woman that Gawande saw in the emergency room his first day as a surgical resident?

5. What were Christine Drury's hours when she was an overnight television anchorwoman?

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