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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What percent of patients regain weight after gastric-bypass surgery?
(a) About 25 percent.
(b) 5 to 20 percent.
(c) About 35 percent.
(d) 1 to 10 percent.

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

5. 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.

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

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

8. In what book was a man programmed away from brutality by coupling his violent urges with feelings of nausea?
(a) Nausea.
(b) The Criminal and Nausea.
(c) Love and Nausea.
(d) Clockwork Orange.

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

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

11. What was Victor Caselli's occupation?
(a) Heavy-machine operator and road construction contractor.
(b) Semi-truck driver.
(c) Assembly-line worker.
(d) Sanitation engineer.

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

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

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

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

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. How long before seeing Bratton had Gawande seen a man with necrotizing fasciitis?

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

4. When did Gawande attend medical school?

5. How old was Drury when she got the job as overnight television anchorwoman?

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