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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Sacks sit looking out the window for hours on end?
(a) He was starved to look at anything green.
(b) He was realizing how cut off from life he was.
(c) He was eager to see other people.
(d) He was tired of his hospital room.

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

3. What did Sacks think when he woke from the surgery?
(a) That he was tired and wanted to sleep.
(b) That he had been asleep only a few minutes.
(c) That he had been asleep for nearly a day.
(d) That he had been asleep for seven hours.

4. Before Sacks's cast was taken off, what did he dream that it was filled with?
(a) Air or rotting bones.
(b) A lacerated leg.
(c) Someone else's leg.
(d) Joy and concerto music.

5. What was scheduled for Wednesday the 11th?
(a) Therapy would become quite intense.
(b) The temporary leg cast would be removed.
(c) Sacks would move from the hospital to the convalescent home.
(d) Sacks would get out of bed and walk.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How has Sacks always liked to think of himself?

3. After he fell, what story did Sacks recall the villagers telling him?

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

5. What word does Nietzsche use to describe the feeling that convalescence brings?

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