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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. How many times had the surgeons conference been held?
(a) 108 times.
(b) 79 times.
(c) 93 times.
(d) 86 times.

2. How long did it take Lazaroff to die after being removed from the ventilator?
(a) 13 minutes.
(b) 23 minutes.
(c) 20 minutes.
(d) 17 minutes.

3. Where did Drury go to have surgery to stop her blushing?
(a) Sweden.
(b) Holland.
(c) Denmark.
(d) Norway.

4. How many patients a day did Goodman's physician's assistant say the man would see and not spend more than five minutes with them?
(a) 35.
(b) 40.
(c) 25.
(d) 30.

5. How long had Caselli been married?
(a) 25 years.
(b) 41 years.
(c) 18 years.
(d) 35 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who introduced the term "health-care focused factory"?

2. When did the United States National Center for Health Statistics stop collecting autopsy statistics?

3. How old was the former orthopedic surgeon that Gawande writes about in "When Good Doctors Go Bad"?

4. What surgery did Gawande assist with for a seventy-five-year-old woman?

5. What violation finally got Goodman in trouble?

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