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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old was Victor Caselli?
(a) 37.
(b) 43.
(c) 61.
(d) 54.

3. How much did the recovery room nurse at Gawande's hospital weigh at one time?
(a) About 350 pounds.
(b) About 300 pounds.
(c) Over 250 pounds.
(d) Around 400 pounds.

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

5. What was Noe's husband's name?
(a) Arthur.
(b) Andrew.
(c) Jonathan.
(d) Robert.

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

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

8. When was one of the earliest forensic examinations performed?
(a) 61 B.C.
(b) 51 A.D.
(c) 44 B.C.
(d) 44 A.D.

9. What body part had to be amputated on the man with necrotizing fasciitis?
(a) His arm.
(b) His hand.
(c) His leg.
(d) His ear.

10. What year did a book cause a shift in how decision are made in medicine?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1997.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1993.

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

12. When did Noe plead guilty to killing her children?
(a) 2000.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1997.
(d) 1998.

13. What percent of the population does a crude estimate suggest are afflicted with severe blushing?
(a) About 8 percent.
(b) 1 to 7 percent.
(c) 5 to 10 percent.
(d) About 2 percent.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately how many cases of necrotizing fasciitis occur in the entire United States each year?

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

3. How long had Caselli been married?

4. How long did it take Lazaroff to die after being removed from the ventilator?

5. Where did Amy Fitzpatrick live?

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