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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would happen if Sacks were not found by nightfall?
(a) He would most likely go crazy.
(b) The bull would trample him to death.
(c) He would die of blood loss.
(d) He would freeze to death.

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

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

4. 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.

5. How does Sacks describe the six-hour ambulance ride to the next hospital?
(a) Like a dream.
(b) Like resurrection.
(c) Like the embodiment of hope.
(d) Like death.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was Sacks when he discovered the beauty of the world through the Pythagorean theorem?

3. What was the name of the convalescent home where Sacks recovered?

4. Why were the set times and limits at the convalescent home important?

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

(see the answer key)

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