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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were the set times and limits at the convalescent home important?
(a) They showed the patients who held the power.
(b) They kept the patients from reconnecting to the world too early.
(c) They kept the patients from getting into mischief.
(d) They kept the patients from drifting into chaos or passivity.

2. How did Sacks splint his leg?
(a) With his umbrella.
(b) With his walking stick.
(c) With a stick he found on the ground.
(d) With his right leg.

3. In the convalescent home, what did Sacks's first breakfast partner find amusing?
(a) Everything about the world.
(b) The jokes of the serving nurses.
(c) Sacks' situation.
(d) The irony of their respective leg injuries.

4. If an outsider were to observe the patients at the convalescent home, what would he have seen?
(a) Depth and secrecy.
(b) Artificial friendships.
(c) Darkness and secrecy.
(d) Lightheartedness and frivolity.

5. What time did Sacks hope to reach the mountain's summit?
(a) Two o'clock PM.
(b) Noon.
(c) Nine o'clock AM.
(d) Eleven o'clock AM.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sacks had written to Luria explaining his accident and the subsequent alienation he felt. What was Luria's response?

2. How had Sacks tried to revive his left leg?

3. How did Sacks descend the mountain?

4. After realizing that he was the victim of the fall, what did Sacks do?

5. Shortly after the sun set, what extraordinary auditory experience did Sacks have?

(see the answer key)

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