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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1999, how many obesity patients had gastric-bypass surgery in the United States?
(a) 52,000.
(b) 80,000.
(c) 45,000.
(d) 32,000.

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

3. Approximately how many cases of necrotizing fasciitis occur in the entire United States each year?
(a) About a thousand cases.
(b) 600 cases.
(c) Around 2,000 case.
(d) About 1,500 cases.

4. Who wrote that "man is the only animal that blushes or needs to"?
(a) Mark Twain.
(b) Ernest Hemingway.
(c) William Faulkner.
(d) Winston Churchill.

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

6. When did Harvard psychologist William James observe that certain deaf people were immune to seasickness?
(a) 1715.
(b) 1843.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1882.

7. When did Gawande perform a gastric-bypass surgery?
(a) August 18, 1996.
(b) November 21, 1997.
(c) December 12, 1998.
(d) September 13, 1999.

8. When were Fitzpatrick's twins born?
(a) 35th week.
(b) 37th week.
(c) 40th week.
(d) 33rd week.

9. What percent of pregnant women experience morning sickness?
(a) 10 to 20 percent.
(b) 80 to 90 percent.
(c) 60 to 85 percent.
(d) 40 to 50 percent.

10. When did Lazaroff's son tell the neurosurgeon that they should stop treating his father?
(a) 2 days after his spinal surgery.
(b) 3 weeks after his spinal sugery.
(c) 7 days after his spinal surgery.
(d) 14 days after his spinal surgery.

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

12. Where did Drury go to have surgery to stop her blushing?
(a) Sweden.
(b) Holland.
(c) Norway.
(d) Denmark.

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

14. What color cast did Gawande's daughter Hattie get when she broke her forearm?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Pink.

15. Over the course of four days, how many times did Bratton's leg need to be operated upon?
(a) 4 times.
(b) 2 times.
(c) 5 times.
(d) 3 times.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first indication Joseph Lazaroff had that something might be physically wrong with him?

2. What network did Christine Drury work for when she was the overnight anchorwoman?

3. By 2003, how many more patients were expected to have gastric-bypass surgery than did in 1999?

4. How many weeks into her pregnancy was Amy Fitzpatrick when she had her first bout with vomiting?

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

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