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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Sacks's accident occur?
(a) In the Swiss Alps.
(b) In the hills of Germany.
(c) On a mountain in Finland.
(d) On a mountain in Norway.

3. In what publication did Sacks's first article about his injury appear?
(a) Atlantic Monthly.
(b) New York Times.
(c) London Review of Books.
(d) New York Times Book Review.

4. Why did Sacks write to A. R. Luria?
(a) Luria was the leading neuropsychologist in the United States.
(b) Luria was a close family friend.
(c) He was not getting satisfactory answers from his own doctor.
(d) He wanted reassurance about writing his book.

5. How long did Sacks wait before villagers carried him to the hospital?
(a) Less than two hours.
(b) Less than four hours.
(c) Half an hour.
(d) Nearly six hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time did Sacks hope to reach the mountain's summit?

2. What was the main injury that Sacks was able to identify?

3. What does Sacks think of when he remembers the Biblical words, "To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. A time to be born, and a time or die; a time . . ." (pg 26)?

4. How did Sacks descend the mountain?

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

(see the answer key)

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