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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How had Sacks tried to revive his left leg?
(a) By wishing it into being.
(b) By intense therapy.
(c) By thinking it into being.
(d) By praying it into being.

2. What is the title of Chapter One?
(a) The Beginning.
(b) The Mountain.
(c) The Fall.
(d) The Bull.

3. How long did it take Sacks to reach the final understanding of his various thoughts?
(a) Half a year.
(b) Several years.
(c) Nearly a decade.
(d) One year.

4. While waiting for villagers to arrive and take him to the hospital, how did Sacks feel?
(a) Anxious.
(b) Worried about the doctor's prognosis.
(c) Comfortable and happy.
(d) Thrilled to be alive.

5. What was the primary reason that Sacks and his friends celebrated the evening after his surgery?
(a) They were drunk and did not care what they celebrated.
(b) They were alive and together.
(c) Sacks had not died on the operating table.
(d) Sacks' recovery was expected to take two short months.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument did Sacks have for listening to music?

2. What was the name of the convalescent home where Sacks recovered?

3. Who wrote the book which was the model for Sacks's own book?

4. As Sacks returned to his room, what was the weather like?

5. After he fell, what story did Sacks recall the villagers telling him?

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