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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many salespeople attended the surgeons convention?
(a) 3,500.
(b) 6,100.
(c) 4,200.
(d) 5,300.

2. How many might attend an M&M at Gawande's hospital?
(a) 55 people.
(b) About 200 people.
(c) Almost 100 people.
(d) 75 people.

3. How old was the woman that Gawande saw in the emergency room his first day as a surgical resident?
(a) About 40.
(b) Early 30s.
(c) Mid 30s.
(d) Late 20s.

4. Who introduced the term "health-care focused factory"?
(a) Rachel Erlinger.
(b) Ramona Wyatt.
(c) Rochelle Meslinger.
(d) Regina Herzlinger.

5. How many patients a day did Goodman's physician's assistant say the man would see and not spend more than five minutes with them?
(a) 25.
(b) 30.
(c) 40.
(d) 35.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Turk Wendell insist that his salary be for the 1999 season?

2. What did Quinlan hurt when he fell off a plank at a construction site?

3. During what year of his training does Gawande have a chance to attend a surgeons convention?

4. How long is the apprenticeship at Shouldice Hospital?

5. How many pages were in the book that listed the schedule of programs at the surgeons convention?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Texas-sharpshooter fallacy?

2. What are some problems with malpractice suits as a remedy for preventing harm to patients?

3. Describe the technical exhibit hall.

4. What was Hank Goodman's reputation before he lost his license?

5. Why did Rowland Scott Quinlan have to give up his firm to his partners?

6. Why does it take so long before colleagues take effective action against a bad doctor?

7. What type of complications had occurred from residents putting in a central line?

8. What one study did Gawande find that linked increased traffic accidents to Friday the thirteenth?

9. Why did Gawande have to leave a teenage knifing victim and go tend to another emergency?

10. What is the secret of Shouldice Hospital's success with hernia repairs?

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