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

Short Answer Questions

1. How high was Bratton's fever when she decided to go to the doctor?

2. How many months after Joseph Lazaroff began having problems was a scan ordered?

3. How long had Caselli been married?

4. What network did Christine Drury work for when she was the overnight anchorwoman?

5. When was Marie Noe giving birth to her children?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What may cause babies to die from SIDS?

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

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

5. What is a core predicament in medicine?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the traits that make a good surgeon and why those traits are so important.

Essay Topic 2

Explain what Gawande means when he says that medicine is a strange and disturbing business. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the dilemma that is posed by the necessity for doctors to learn how to treat patients and the necessity for good patient care. Use examples from the book.

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