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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long before seeing Bratton had Gawande seen a man with necrotizing fasciitis?
(a) 2 days before.
(b) A few weeks before.
(c) 3 week before.
(d) 5 days before.

2. Who wrote "The Silent World of Doctor and Patient"?
(a) Jay Katz.
(b) Andrew Meisner.
(c) Joseph Kauffman.
(d) Susan Whitman.

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

4. Since 1998, how many operations have been performed to stop severe blushing?
(a) 1,500.
(b) 4,000.
(c) 500.
(d) 3,000.

5. How many hours did it take to cut and strip off the necrotic outer layers of Bratton's muscle the first time?
(a) 1 hours.
(b) 3 hours.
(c) 4 hours.
(d) 2 hours.

6. What was the first indication Joseph Lazaroff had that something might be physically wrong with him?
(a) A wound that would not heal.
(b) A large lump under his arm.
(c) A backache.
(d) Terrible headaches.

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

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

9. Where did Drury go to college?
(a) University of Evansville.
(b) Indiana State University.
(c) Purdue University.
(d) University of Southern Indiana.

10. How many pounds does Caselli estimate he had lost and gained in his life?
(a) 1,000 pounds.
(b) 800 pounds.
(c) 500 pounds.
(d) 700 pounds.

11. In court, how many children did Noe say that she had killed?
(a) 8.
(b) 2.
(c) 10.
(d) 6.

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

13. When did Christine Drury become an overnight television anchorwoman?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1997.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1999.

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

15. How many of Noe's children died?
(a) 10.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was the pathology assistant who did the dissection for the autopsy Gawande observed at the beginning of "Final Cut"?

2. By what age do most of the SIDS deaths occur?

3. When was one of the earliest forensic examinations performed?

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

5. How many months after Joseph Lazaroff began having problems was a scan ordered?

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