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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Case of the Red Leg.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. For how many years have doctors been performing autopsies?
(a) 600.
(b) 1,500.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 2,700.

3. How many hours did it take to cut and strip off the necrotic outer layers of Bratton's muscle the first time?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) 1 hours.
(c) 3 hours.
(d) 4 hours.

4. How many minutes without oxygen could lead to brain damage and perhaps death?
(a) 5 minutes.
(b) 3 minutes.
(c) 6 minutes.
(d) 4 minutes.

5. Who was the staff surgeon in charge of the procedure on a teenage knifing victim?
(a) Malcom Wiggins.
(b) Mitchell Davidson.
(c) Matt Provin.
(d) Michael Ball.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of surgery had the patient who needed a central line had a week earlier?

2. In 1999, how many obesity patients had gastric-bypass surgery in the United States?

3. How many central lines did Gawande try before succeeding on his own?

4. What was the name of Lazaroff's son?

5. What worked at first to ease Quinlan's pain?

(see the answer key)

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