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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long might it take in most hospitals to repair a hernia?
(a) 45 minutes.
(b) 90 minutes.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 1 hours.

2. When was the case of the badly infected knee that Goodman mishandled?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1991.

3. What branch of military service did Goodman serve in?
(a) Marines.
(b) Air Force.
(c) Army.
(d) Navy.

4. Who was the chief resident in charge of the procedure on a teenage knifing victim?
(a) Jon Lopez.
(b) Andrew Brigham.
(c) Alex Dilmer.
(d) David Hernandez.

5. What was wrong with Lee Tran?
(a) A tumor.
(b) The flu.
(c) Bronchitis.
(d) Pneumonia.

6. Who originated the explanation of pain that has dominated much of medical history?
(a) Gottfried Leibnitz.
(b) Henry K. Beecher.
(c) Rene Descartes.
(d) Baruch Spinoza.

7. What year were the articles by Joseph Lister that were for sale?
(a) 1881.
(b) 1874.
(c) 1867.
(d) 1912.

8. How many operating rooms are at Shouldice Hospital?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 8.
(d) 9.

9. How old was the patient who needed a central line?
(a) In his sixties.
(b) Fiftyish.
(c) In his forties.
(d) In his thirties.

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

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

12. How many scientific studies did Gawande find that assessed whether or not luck actually does go bad on Friday the thirteenth?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 0.
(d) 1.

13. How many companies were registered in attendance at the surgeons convention?
(a) About 1700 companies.
(b) Some 1200 companies.
(c) About 900 companies.
(d) Around 300 companies.

14. How many siblings does Goodman have?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What country bans surgeons from practicing on animals?

2. At what hotel was Gawande staying for the surgeon's convention?

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

4. When was it first suggested that a computer could read an EKG better than a human could?

5. For how many years have there been workplace programs to focus on the proper way to lift among other things?

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