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

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

3. How old was Iphigenia Jones when her doctor asked her whether she wanted a mastectomy or breast preserving treatment?
(a) 25.
(b) 31.
(c) 21.
(d) 35.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Over the course of four days, how many times did Bratton's leg need to be operated upon?

2. Where was Amy Fitzpatrick when she had her first bout with vomiting?

3. How many children did Marie Noe have?

4. How long had Caselli been married?

5. In what book was a man programmed away from brutality by coupling his violent urges with feelings of nausea?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the dissecting room and location where Gawande observed an autopsy.

2. What happened to the babies born to Marie Noe?

3. What was the outcome when Noe was taken to court for the deaths of her children in 1998?

4. What physical changes did Drury experience after her surgery to stop blushing?

5. What drugs were prescribed for Fitzpatrick, and how did they help reduce her nausea?

6. Why did Gawande and others suspect abuse when they saw a two-month-old boy whose face had been badly scalded?

7. When Gawande was seeing patients with a surgery professor, what words surprised him?

8. What is a core predicament in medicine?

9. Why were autopsies performed clandestinely in the West even in the nineteenth century?

10. Why couldn't Caselli be anesthetized lying down?

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