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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Amy Fitzpatrick when she had her first bout with vomiting?
(a) Interstate 81.
(b) Highway 17.
(c) Interstate 88.
(d) New York City's F.D.R. Drive.

2. How many cases of cellulitis occur in the entire United States each year?
(a) About 2 million.
(b) Over 3 million.
(c) About 550,000.
(d) About 750,000.

3. Who came with Bratton to the emergency room?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her sister.

4. How many pregnant woman who are employed miss work because of morning sickness?
(a) Half.
(b) Two thirds.
(c) One fourth.
(d) One third.

5. How old was Drury when she got the job as overnight television anchorwoman?
(a) 31.
(b) 28.
(c) 24.
(d) 26.

6. How old was the first patient for whom Gawande was expected to request an autopsy?
(a) 75.
(b) 71.
(c) 81.
(d) 69.

7. Where did Amy Fitzpatrick live?
(a) Manhattan.
(b) Long Island.
(c) Bridgeport.
(d) Brooklyn.

8. What month was it when Gawande saw a patient with a red and swollen leg?
(a) July.
(b) May.
(c) April.
(d) June.

9. How long did it take Lazaroff to die after being removed from the ventilator?
(a) 20 minutes.
(b) 13 minutes.
(c) 17 minutes.
(d) 23 minutes.

10. How much did Caselli weigh before the surgery?
(a) 512 pounds.
(b) 428 pounds.
(c) 398 pounds.
(d) 471 pounds.

11. How many hours each time did Bratton spend in the hyperbaric oxygen chamber?
(a) 4 hours.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 3 hours.
(d) 1 hours.

12. How old was the woman whose autopsy Gawande observed at the beginning of the "Final Cut"?
(a) 27.
(b) 38.
(c) 41.
(d) 32.

13. Where did Amy Fitzpatrick get her M.B.A.?
(a) Brown.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Stanford.
(d) Wharton.

14. During an all-night interview, how many children did Noe confess she had suffocated?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

15. At what time did the retired New England doctor's wife make it to the hospital once his illness was determined to be fatal?
(a) 2:15 a.m.
(b) 5:00 a.m.
(c) Midnight.
(d) 1:15 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did the recovery room nurse at Gawande's hospital weigh at one time?

2. In court, how many children did Noe say that she had killed?

3. What disease had the woman whose autopsy Gwande observed at the beginning of "Final Cut" struggled with?

4. Where was the television station where Christine Drury was the overnight anchorwoman?

5. How old was Lazaroff?

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