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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. On an EKG, what is the downstroke at the start of a heart beat called?
(a) R wave.
(b) T wave.
(c) Q wave.
(d) S wave.

2. What statistician described a classic example of imagining patterns where really there are none when he described the Germans' bombing patterns of South London in World War II?
(a) Lance Bridger.
(b) Wagner Westford.
(c) Brandon Wyatt.
(d) William Feller.

3. What would Wade Boggs, the Boton Red Sox's former star third baseman, always eat before a game?
(a) A large salad.
(b) A T-bone.
(c) Pork.
(d) Chicken.

4. How old was the former orthopedic surgeon that Gawande writes about in "When Good Doctors Go Bad"?
(a) 48.
(b) 51.
(c) 62.
(d) 56.

5. Who was the staff surgeon in charge of the procedure on a teenage knifing victim?
(a) Matt Provin.
(b) Mitchell Davidson.
(c) Michael Ball.
(d) Malcom Wiggins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of surgery had the patient who needed a central line had a week earlier?

2. How old was the patient who needed a central line?

3. What color of blood indicates that the central line is inserted properly?

4. At any given time, approximately what percent of practicing physicians are unfit to see patients?

5. How much might it cost in most hospitals to repair a hernia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the newest theory of pain proposed by Melzack after abandoning the Gate-Control Theory?

2. Where can doctors candidly discuss medical mistakes?

3. Why was Gawande concerned about the patient who had been shot in the buttock?

4. What is an EKG?

5. Why is there often no mechanical explanation for severe back pain?

6. How do surgeons learn to do new procedures once they are out of training?

7. What is the physician's dodge and why is it necessary?

8. Why was there no reason to operate on Quinlan's back?

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

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

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