View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percent of people who have necrotizing fasciitis die?

2. What was the first indication Joseph Lazaroff had that something might be physically wrong with him?

3. Where was the television station where Christine Drury was the overnight anchorwoman?

4. What percent of the population does a crude estimate suggest are afflicted with severe blushing?

5. During an all-night interview, how many children did Noe confess she had suffocated?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When did Lazaroff first learn what was wrong?

3. What are some ways that people have gotten necrotizing fasciitis?

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

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

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

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

8. What is a core predicament in medicine?

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

10. What was it like for Bratton to be in the hyperbaric chamber?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss why good doctors go bad and what solutions there are for the problem. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Using examples from the book, discuss what happens when the simplicities of science come up against the complexities of individual lives.

Essay Topic 3

Using examples from the book, compare and contrast the doctor's and patient's role in making treatment decisions.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,015 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample