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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In order to escape being caught on the mountain all night, what was the latest possible time Sacks could reach help?
(a) Ten o'clock PM.
(b) Nine o'clock PM.
(c) Six o'clock PM.
(d) Eight o'clock PM.

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

3. How did Sacks meet the bull?
(a) He rounded a boulder and it was lying in the path.
(b) The bull walked out of a stand of trees.
(c) He came over a small rise and the bull was lying in the grass.
(d) The bull looked like a boulder until he got close to it.

4. Following the surgery, how did Sacks's cast fit his leg?
(a) The leg was horribly swollen in the cast.
(b) He could put two fingers between his leg and the cas.
(c) He could put his entire fist between his leg and the cast.
(d) The leg fit nearly perfectly in the cast.

5. What was the name of the physiotherapist?
(a) Miss Preston.
(b) Mrs. Preston.
(c) Miss Blanche.
(d) Miss Prestar.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What vital change in the world happened once Sacks moved out of his first hospital room?

4. To what poor instrument did Sacks compare his injured leg?

5. While waiting for villagers to arrive and take him to the hospital, how did Sacks feel?

(see the answer key)

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