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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 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

2. How does the main character seem when Sacks meets him?
(a) Fearful and uneasy
(b) Upbeat and joyful
(c) Agitaged and concerned
(d) Calm and even tempered

3. Where does Sacks work at the time of this chapter?
(a) Neuroscience Clinic
(b) Therapist's Office
(c) National Institutes of Mental Health
(d) Home for the Aged

4. How old is the character in this chapter?
(a) Early thirties
(b) Late twenties
(c) Late forties
(d) Sixties

5. What is his problem with body?
(a) He believes that his leg is someone else's.
(b) He believes that his arm is someone else's.
(c) He believes that his hands are someone else's.
(d) He believes that his face is someone else's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dr. P cannot recognize what?

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

3. How long does Sacks cover the patient's condition without seeing recovery?

4. What year does Sacks think Jimmie G's memory should have stopped?

5. Sacks is different from a fiction writer because:

(see the answer key)

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