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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 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?
(a) 9 percent.
(b) 7 percent.
(c) 4 percent.
(d) 3 percent.

2. Where did Gawande grow up?
(a) Alpena, Michigan.
(b) Athens, Ohio.
(c) Atlanta, Georgia.
(d) Atlantic, Iowa.

3. When did a man examine a stack of electrocardiograms to test his diagnostic skills against a computer?
(a) 1996.
(b) 1994.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1992.

4. What did Turk Wendell insist that his salary be for the 1999 season?
(a) $500,000.99.
(b) $1,200,000.99.
(c) $750,000.99.
(d) $2,100,000.99.

5. How many pregnant woman who are employed miss work because of morning sickness?
(a) Half.
(b) Two thirds.
(c) One fourth.
(d) One third.

Short Answer Questions

1. Since 1998, how many operations have been performed to stop severe blushing?

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

3. Who began his career at the same television station where Drury worked?

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

5. For over a decade, how many hours did Goodman work a week?

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