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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 was the oxygen saturation of woman who Gawande treats at the beginning of "When Doctors Make Mistakes"?
(a) 88 percent.
(b) 50 percent.
(c) 90 percent.
(d) 98 percent.

2. At what convention center was the surgeon's conference held?
(a) Chicago Convention Center.
(b) McCormick Place.
(c) Chicagoland Conference Center.
(d) Donald E. Stevens Convention Center.

3. What time of day was it when Gawande had to leave the procedure on a teenage knifing victim?
(a) 2 a.m.
(b) Noon.
(c) Midnight.
(d) 10 p.m.

4. How old was Gawande's daughter Hattie when she broke the bones in her forearm?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

5. For luck, what did Michael Jordon always wear under his Chicago Bulls uniform?
(a) Heart boxer shorts.
(b) Striped boxer shorts.
(c) Blue boxer shorts.
(d) North Carolina boxer shorts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the San Diego surgeon working without a license who bungled some sex-change operations and amputated the leg of a healthy man?

2. Who wrote that "man is the only animal that blushes or needs to"?

3. At any given time, approximately what percent of practicing physicians are unfit to see patients?

4. How many weeks into her pregnancy was Amy Fitzpatrick when she had her first bout with vomiting?

5. What did Turk Wendell insist that his salary be for the 1999 season?

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