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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did the staff nurse laugh at Sacks when he arrived in his room?
(a) Because he had difficulty walking.
(b) Because he was joking about his cast.
(c) Because he told her a bawdy joke.
(d) Because he had packed fifty books and almost no clothes.

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

4. While waiting for villagers to arrive and take him to the hospital, how did Sacks feel?
(a) Comfortable and happy.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Thrilled to be alive.
(d) Worried about the doctor's prognosis.

5. According to Sacks, why does he not end his story after his rescue?
(a) The book was not long enough to stop.
(b) He had so many ideas left to convey.
(c) The accident is closely connected to the story of recovery.
(d) The focus of the book is the recovery, not the accident.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did not occur to Sacks until he injured his leg?

2. When Nurse Solveig returned to take out Sacks's thermometer, what emotion did she convey?

3. What book does Sacks plan to write in the future?

4. What did Sacks hope to see when he reached the mountain's summit?

5. When did Sacks write the preface to the book?

(see the answer key)

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