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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. Who is the doctor who was convicted of murdering fifteen patients with lethal doses of narcotics?
(a) Henry Whitman.
(b) Gary Manson.
(c) David Andreson.
(d) Harold Shipman.

2. How much do hernia operations cost at Shouldice Hospital?
(a) About one-third of what they cost elsewhere.
(b) About one-fourth of what they cost elsewhere.
(c) Half what they cost elsewhere.
(d) About twice what they cost elsewhere.

3. What did Quinlan hurt when he fell off a plank at a construction site?
(a) Broke his femur.
(b) Dislocated and fractured his shoulder.
(c) Fractured his hip.
(d) Crushed his ankle.

4. How long do hernia operations take at Shouldice Hospital?
(a) About 90 minutes.
(b) 30-45 minutes.
(c) About an hour.
(d) 20-25 minutes.

5. Who began his career at the same television station where Drury worked?
(a) Steve Allen.
(b) Johnny Carson.
(c) David Letterman.
(d) Jay Leno.

Short Answer Questions

1. What body part had to be amputated on the man with necrotizing fasciitis?

2. When was one of the earliest forensic examinations performed?

3. What percent of Americans does a 1995 poll show believe that the moon alters individual behavior?

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

5. How many months after Joseph Lazaroff began having problems was a scan ordered?

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