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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3, 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Sacks finish writing his book?
(a) On a mountain in Costa Rica.
(b) In a meadow in New Yor.
(c) In a village in Norway.
(d) On a mountain in Nicaragua.

2. What did Sacks think about as he moved down the mountain?
(a) What little time he had left to live.
(b) Happy memories and times.
(c) His father's vegetable garden.
(d) The most heart-wrenching moments of his life.

3. As the Sister took the stitches out of Sacks's leg, what did he think?
(a) That he could not wait to go hiking again.
(b) That she was being gentle but the procedure still hurt.
(c) That she was fiddling around.
(d) That she was not being gentle.

4. What does the word scotoma mean?
(a) Emptiness and images of emptiness.
(b) Darkness of soul.
(c) Being utterly alone in the world.
(d) The depression following surgery.

5. How many days did Sacks spend in limbo?
(a) Ten.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Four.
(d) Twenty-eight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Luria use to describe the modern approach to peripheral disorders?

2. Since his accident, what has Sacks been aware of?

3. What emotion did Sacks see several times on the unguarded face of the physiotherapist?

4. According to Sacks, why does he not end his story after his rescue?

5. What role did Mary-Kay Wilmers play in Sacks's recovery?

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