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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. When did the United States National Center for Health Statistics stop collecting autopsy statistics?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1998.
(c) 1995.
(d) 2001.

2. When was one of the earliest forensic examinations performed?
(a) 44 B.C.
(b) 51 A.D.
(c) 44 A.D.
(d) 61 B.C.

3. When were Fitzpatrick's twins born?
(a) 37th week.
(b) 40th week.
(c) 33rd week.
(d) 35th week.

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

5. 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. What year did a book cause a shift in how decision are made in medicine?

2. How old was Eleanor Bratton when she had a red and swollen leg?

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

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

5. What was Noe's husband's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. How incapacitated did Amy Fitzgerald become during her pregnancy?

2. Describe Amy Fitzgerald's first experience with nausea during her pregnancy.

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

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

5. What do studies show about the chances of obese adults and obese children to lose weight and keep it off?

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

7. What sometimes happens to those who decide not to undergo gastric-bypass surgery even if they qualify?

8. When did Lazaroff first learn what was wrong?

9. What was Christine Drury's first job at Channel 13 News in Indianapolis?

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

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