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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Sacks's general opinion about the patients in the convalescent home?
(a) They were all smarter than the doctors.
(b) They were generally stupid and clueless.
(c) None of them had as compelling a story as he did.
(d) They were pretty knowledgeable about the world and their places in it.

2. In the hospital gardens, what set patients off from non-patients?
(a) Their various bandages and stitches.
(b) Their attitude toward other people.
(c) Their white hospital gowns.
(d) Their demeanor of illness.

3. When the father and his son rescued Sacks, what had they been doing just a moment before?
(a) Searching for him.
(b) Hunting reindeer.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Listening to the mass wafting up from the church.

4. What language was the sign "BEWARE OF THE BULL!" written in?
(a) Norwegian.
(b) English.
(c) French.
(d) German.

5. How had Sacks tried to revive his left leg?
(a) By wishing it into being.
(b) By intense therapy.
(c) By thinking it into being.
(d) By praying it into being.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the surgeon who performed Sacks's knee surgery?

2. How many days did Sacks spend in his small hospital room?

3. During his first visit home, what type of religious ceremony did Sacks attend with his family?

4. What analogy does Sacks use to describe his left leg's failure during therapy?

5. How long did Sacks wait before villagers carried him to the hospital?

(see the answer key)

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