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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

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

2. When was it first suggested that a computer could read an EKG better than a human could?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1987.

3. For how many years have there been workplace programs to focus on the proper way to lift among other things?
(a) 60 years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 45 years.
(d) 20 years.

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

5. How old was Rowland Scott Quinlan when he began having problems?
(a) 56.
(b) 45.
(c) 58.
(d) 62.

6. What country bans surgeons from practicing on animals?
(a) New Zealand.
(b) Australia.
(c) Canada.
(d) Britain.

7. What type of a local anesthetic did the chief resident use when she put in a central line?
(a) Triocaine.
(b) Benzocaine.
(c) Saxitoxin.
(d) Lidocaine.

8. How much money did Goodman make in a year when he was doing well?
(a) $500,000.
(b) $400,000.
(c) $250,000.
(d) $300,000.

9. How long is the apprenticeship at Shouldice Hospital?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 18 months.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 6 months.

10. Who examined a stack of electrocardiograms to test his diagnostic skills against the computer?
(a) Andrew Weaver.
(b) Hans Ohlin.
(c) John Brighton.
(d) Henrich Wagner.

11. When is the M&M at Gawande's hospital?
(a) Mondays at 10 a.m.
(b) Thursdays at 4 p.m.
(c) Tuesdays at 5 p.m.
(d) Wednesdays at 2:00 p.m.

12. What type of surgery had the patient who needed a central line had a week earlier?
(a) Heart surgery.
(b) Hernia surgery.
(c) Removal of his appendix.
(d) Abdominal surgery.

13. 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) 30.
(b) 40.
(c) 25.
(d) 35.

14. Who directs the chronic-pain treatment center at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston?
(a) Dr. Wyatt Irving.
(b) Dr. Marshall Davidson.
(c) Dr. Robert Edgington.
(d) Dr. Edgar Ross.

15. During what year of his training does Gawande have a chance to attend a surgeons convention?
(a) 7th year.
(b) 6th year.
(c) 5th year.
(d) 8th year.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tommy Lasorda always eat before a game when he managed the Los Angeles Dodgers?

2. What did Jack Nicklaus always have to have in his pocket when he played golf?

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

4. For luck, what did Michael Jordon always wear under his Chicago Bulls uniform?

5. Who first proposed that a computer could read an EKG better than a human could?

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