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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. What happened to Craig Warnick on June 19, 1988, in "Craig and Susan"?
2. Denise's surgery, in "Little Beth," confirmed for the author that when people know their _____ and they know their job, it doesn't matter who _____ them.
3. What does the author say he and his wife share as an unfulfilled dream, in "Think Big"?
4. Why did the author tell Craig and Susan that he could NOT open the pons up during Craig's surgery?
5. What did the CT scan show after Beth's surgery in "Little Beth"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What challenge did Patrick face after his surgery, in "The Rest of Their Story"?
2. What prompted the author to apply to Johns Hopkins for his internship and residency?
3. Why does the author say "no knowledge is ever wasted," in "Another Step Forward"?
4. What is Rasmussen's encephalitis?
5. What is Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL)?
6. What was unusual about Craig being able to eat a whole plate of spaghetti, six weeks after his surgery?
7. How did the chief of surgery at Provident Hospital try to lure the author to work for him?
8. What were some of the possible outcomes of Maranda's hemispherectomy, in "A Girl Named Maranda"?
9. What was controversial about Denise Baca's hemispherectomy?
10. Describe Maranda Francisco's improvements after her hemispherectomy.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What conflict might the author face as he grows in popularity and can no longer meet each demand? How does he turn away patients? How might he reject speaking engagements he has been invited to?
Essay Topic 2
What responsibility does the author feel to the Black community? What responsibility does he feel to all humans? Why does he pass up an opportunity that would allow him to help more Black patients?
Essay Topic 3
Why does the author initially object to working in Australia? What type of experience does he imagine, based on his fears? How is his experience there different from what he originally anticipated?
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