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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17: Three Special Children.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What concept allowed Maranda to manage well without the left half of her brain?
(a) Serendipity.
(b) Relativity.
(c) Plasticity.
(d) Multiplicity.

2. Who was Alma Whittley?
(a) A counselor at the author's high school.
(b) The author's cousin.
(c) A supervisor at Wayne State University.
(d) The author's chemistry professor.

3. Why did the chief of surgery at Provident Hospital suggest the author did not want to stay at Johns Hopkins?
(a) He said there was too much drama.
(b) He said the institution was steeped in racism.
(c) He said the patients were prejudiced.
(d) He said the salary was too poor.

4. What did Maranda say, in "A Girl Named Maranda," that she wanted after her hemispherectomy?
(a) A better brain.
(b) A doll.
(c) A new haircut.
(d) No more seizures.

5. What person does the author say came, when his mother "needed someone to care"?
(a) Bobby Farmer.
(b) Curtis.
(c) His father.
(d) Mary Thomas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the author withdraw his applications to medical school programs at Johns Hopkins, Yale, Michigan State, and Wayne State?

2. Why was the author surprised when he read the exam problems in the booklet, in "College Choices"?

3. How old was the author's mother when she married his father?

4. Where did the mother expect her sons to go each week, instead of watching television?

5. In "A Boy's Big Problem," why does the author say he hated to buy bread or milk at the store?

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