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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What were the chances that Caselli could have died during the gastric-bypass surgery?
(a) 1 in 500 chance.
(b) 3 in 700 chance.
(c) 2 in 150 chance.
(d) 1 in 200 chance.

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

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

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

7. How many children did Marie Noe have?
(a) 3.
(b) 7.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

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

9. What were Christine Drury's hours when she was an overnight television anchorwoman?
(a) 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.
(b) Midnight to 8 a.m.
(c) 8 p.m. to 4 a.m.
(d) 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.

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

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

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

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

14. How old was Gawande's son Walker when Hattie broke her forearm?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

15. How many weeks into her pregnancy was Amy Fitzpatrick when she had her first bout with vomiting?
(a) 8 weeks.
(b) 4 weeks.
(c) 6 weeks.
(d) 12 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. How high was Bratton's fever when she decided to go to the doctor?

2. What did a two-day admission turn into for Mr. Jolly?

3. Where did Amy Fitzpatrick and her husband drive for Easter?

4. In what country is it controversial to keep the internal organs of the deceased after an autopsy?

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

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