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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. How long does Sacks cover the patient's condition without seeing recovery?
(a) One year
(b) Twenty years
(c) Ten years
(d) Eight years

2. Dr. P is a teacher of what?
(a) Philosophy
(b) Music
(c) Art
(d) Literature

3. How does the main character's emotions change when he wakes up from his nap?
(a) Calm and even tempered
(b) Agitated and angry
(c) Upbeat and joyful
(d) Fearful and uneasy

4. Who is the main character of the chapter?
(a) Jimmie G.
(b) Madeline J.
(c) Christina
(d) Mr. P.

5. What feature of humans does Sacks wonder if Jimmie lacks?
(a) Smell
(b) Long-term Memory
(c) Soul
(d) Hearing

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the technical term of Jimmie G.'s disorder?

2. Where does Sacks work at the time of this chapter?

3. What does Sacks compare his tales to?

4. Sacks finds his patients:

5. Sacks is different from a fiction writer because:

(see the answer key)

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