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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what country is it controversial to keep the internal organs of the deceased after an autopsy?
(a) Canada.
(b) America.
(c) Britain.
(d) Australia.

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

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

4. When was Marie Noe giving birth to her children?
(a) 1970 to 2000.
(b) 1949 to 1968.
(c) 1950 to 1965.
(d) 1945 to 1960.

5. What network did Christine Drury work for when she was the overnight anchorwoman?
(a) CNN.
(b) NBC.
(c) ABC.
(d) CBS.

6. When did the United States National Center for Health Statistics stop collecting autopsy statistics?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1998.
(d) 2001.

7. How old was Eleanor Bratton when she had a red and swollen leg?
(a) 21.
(b) 18.
(c) 25.
(d) 23.

8. How high was Bratton's fever when she decided to go to the doctor?
(a) 103 degrees.
(b) 102 degrees.
(c) 101 degrees.
(d) 104 degrees.

9. How long had Gawande's daughter Hunter been home before she became ill?
(a) A week.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 8 days.
(d) 3 days.

10. How old was Mr. Jolly when he died?
(a) In his fifties.
(b) In his eighties.
(c) In his sixties.
(d) In his nineties.

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

12. What time did the retired New England doctor pass away?
(a) 2:45 a.m.
(b) 12:30 a.m.
(c) 1:45 a.m.
(d) 5:30 a.m.

13. How much weight did Lazaroff lose in a few months?
(a) About 20 pounds.
(b) About 30 pounds.
(c) Over 75 pounds.
(d) Over 50 pounds.

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

15. What percent of people who have necrotizing fasciitis die?
(a) 70 percent.
(b) 10 percent.
(c) 45 percent.
(d) 50 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many pounds does Caselli estimate he had lost and gained in his life?

2. What percent of patients regain weight after gastric-bypass surgery?

3. Where did Drury go to college?

4. Where did Amy Fitzpatrick get her M.B.A.?

5. When did Gawande perform a gastric-bypass surgery?

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