Cutting for Stone - Chapter 43 Quiz

Why does Marion spend his free time studying Thomas Stone's life and career?

Question Answer Choices He wants to know more about the man he encountered in the operating room. He is preparing for a medical exam. He wants to write a biography. He is trying to find flaws in his father's work.

Why does Marion attend the liver conference in Boston?

Question Answer Choices To learn about the latest liver transplant techniques. To network with other liver surgeons. To present his own research. To meet his father, Thomas Stone.

What is Marion's reaction when Thomas Stone admits fault during the Morbidity and Mortality conference?

Question Answer Choices Marion feels a surge of anger. Marion is indifferent. Marion is stunned, wondering if his father somehow read his mind. Marion feels a sense of relief.

What career milestone did Thomas Stone achieve in liver surgery?

Question Answer Choices He developed the first antirejection medicine. He was the first surgeon to perform a liver transplant in which the patient survived. He pioneered laparoscopic liver surgery. He performed the first liver transplant in the world.

What does Marion feel when he sees his father in the operating room?

Question Answer Choices A sense of kinship. Pride in his colleague's work. Disappointment and anger. Overwhelming sadness.

What does Marion place on his father's desk?

Question Answer Choices A bookmark from his mother. A picture of himself and his brother. A medical journal. A letter from Ghosh.

What does Thomas Stone read to his staff during the Morbidity and Mortality conference?

Question Answer Choices A research paper on liver transplants. A letter from a mother whose son died in the operating room. A memo about hospital procedures. A letter from a grateful patient.

How does Marion feel about the story of liver transplants?

Question Answer Choices He finds it boring and unimportant. He thinks it is one of the most compelling stories in American medicine. He thinks it is a minor medical achievement. He believes it is overrated.

What motivates Marion to become a trauma surgeon?

Question Answer Choices A letter from Hema asking for forgiveness. His admiration for Thomas Stone. The recovery of Shane Junior. A desire to follow in Ghosh's footsteps.

What field of surgery did Thomas Stone focus on after leaving Addis Ababa?

Question Answer Choices Neurosurgery. Liver surgery. Orthopedic surgery. Heart surgery.