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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the American College of Surgeons convention take place?
(a) Mid-October.
(b) July.
(c) April.
(d) September.

2. What statistician described a classic example of imagining patterns where really there are none when he described the Germans' bombing patterns of South London in World War II?
(a) Brandon Wyatt.
(b) Lance Bridger.
(c) William Feller.
(d) Wagner Westford.

3. What was Dr. Richard Sang's practice before he came to Shouldice?
(a) Internist.
(b) General surgeon.
(c) Family Practice.
(d) Obstetrics.

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

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

6. 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. Edgar Ross.
(d) Dr. Robert Edgington.

7. When did Quinlan fall off a plank at a construction site?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1994.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1991.

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

9. What was wrong with the woman who Gawande saw in the emergency room on his first day as a surgical resident?
(a) Had a fractured ankle.
(b) Had a 3-inch screw in her foot.
(c) Had a fractured finger.
(d) Had a piece of wire in her hand.

10. How do patients leave the operating room at Shouldice after having surgery?
(a) They use a walker.
(b) They walk out of the room.
(c) They leave in a wheelchair.
(d) They are taken on a gurney.

11. How many central lines did Gawande try before succeeding on his own?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

12. Where was the surgeon's conference held that Gawande attended?
(a) New York City.
(b) Las Vegas.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Kansas City.

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

14. What were the occupations of Gawande's parents?
(a) Engineers.
(b) Doctors.
(c) Orthodontists.
(d) Lawyers.

15. How many electrocardiograms did a man examine to test his diagnostic skills against a computer?
(a) 675.
(b) 3,215.
(c) 2,240.
(d) 1,775.

Short Answer Questions

1. How late were clinical sessions lined up until at the surgeons convention?

2. How many operating rooms are at Shouldice Hospital?

3. 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?

4. What was the average amount of time that a keyboard operator in Australia would lose from work due to disabling arm pain?

5. What color of blood indicates that the central line is inserted properly?

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