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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what time did the retired New England doctor's wife make it to the hospital once his illness was determined to be fatal?
(a) 5:00 a.m.
(b) 1:15 a.m.
(c) Midnight.
(d) 2:15 a.m.

2. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

8. How old was the pathology assistant who did the dissection for the autopsy Gawande observed at the beginning of "Final Cut"?
(a) 28.
(b) 30.
(c) 37.
(d) 32.

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

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

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

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

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

14. How high was Bratton's fever when she decided to go to the doctor?
(a) 104 degrees.
(b) 102 degrees.
(c) 101 degrees.
(d) 103 degrees.

15. What did a two-day admission turn into for Mr. Jolly?
(a) 4 weeks.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 1 week.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Gawande's son Walker when Hattie broke her forearm?

2. How long had Caselli been married?

3. How old was Noe's husband when she plead to guilty to killing her children?

4. When did the United States National Center for Health Statistics stop collecting autopsy statistics?

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

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