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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Sacks's knee return to its full functionality?
(a) He was challenged to swim.
(b) He went through one week of therapy.
(c) He stopped thinking about its physical movements.
(d) He walked one mile a day.

2. When Nurse Solveig returned to take out Sacks's thermometer, what emotion did she convey?
(a) Disinterest.
(b) Pity.
(c) Rage.
(d) Concern.

3. What did Sacks hope to see when he reached the mountain's summit?
(a) A good view of the surrounding mountains.
(b) The bull that lived there.
(c) The temple at the top.
(d) A good view of the city.

4. How many days did Sacks spend in his small hospital room?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Eight.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Thirty.

5. What time of day did Sacks awake from his feverish delirium?
(a) Evening.
(b) Early morning.
(c) Near midnight.
(d) Late afternoon.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the convalescent home, what did Sacks's first breakfast partner find amusing?

2. Sacks did not attend the memorial service for W. H. Auden because he thought he was too weak to travel. Where was this service held?

3. What other word is connoted by the word "hell"?

4. What town's hospital was Sacks taken to first?

5. In the hospital gardens, what set patients off from non-patients?

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