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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapter Five, Hands.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the neuroscientist Sacks receives advice from in Chapter 1?
(a) Luria
(b) Pinker
(c) Edelman
(d) Petersen

2. To what extent is Jimmie G's intelligence impaired?
(a) Severly
(b) Moderately
(c) Not at all
(d) Slightly

3. The character's condition is caused by polyneuritis, which is:
(a) Damaging of the sensory roots of the spinal and cranial nerves
(b) Damaging of the pain centers of the nerves attached to skin
(c) Damaging of the sensory roots of the nerves attached to skin
(d) Damaging of the pain centers of the spinal and cranial nerves

4. Sacks thinks of his patients as:
(a) Villains
(b) Heroes
(c) Tragedies
(d) Friends

5. How does the main character regain control of his/her body?
(a) Her ears
(b) Help from family
(c) Her eyes
(d) A wheelchair

Short Answer Questions

1. The main character has a dream that foreshadows her condition? What is the dream about?

2. What surgery is the main character admitted into the hospital to have?

3. Where is the main character sitting when the nurses find him?

4. After Dr. Sacks and Mr. P part ways, how much longer does Mr. P teach music?

5. What is the consequence scientists pay when they ignore the a patient's high cognitive function?

(see the answer key)

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