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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the primary reason that Sacks decided not to yell a second time?
(a) He was too thirsty to yell very loudly.
(b) He was about ten miles away from the village.
(c) He was afraid of angering the bull.
(d) He needed to conserve his strength.

2. Why did Sacks have strong legs?
(a) He swam regularly.
(b) He was a veteran hiker.
(c) He had worked out at the gym for many years.
(d) He ran marathons.

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

4. How did Sacks meet the bull?
(a) He came over a small rise and the bull was lying in the grass.
(b) The bull walked out of a stand of trees.
(c) He rounded a boulder and it was lying in the path.
(d) The bull looked like a boulder until he got close to it.

5. What did not occur to Sacks until he injured his leg?
(a) That he had forgotten to take extra water.
(b) How utterly alone he was.
(c) How far he had climbed up the mountain before falling.
(d) That the bull might be following him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Shortly after the sun set, what extraordinary auditory experience did Sacks have?

2. What other word is connoted by the word "hell"?

3. What was the date when Sacks climbed the mountain?

4. Why was Sacks grateful to Dr. Henry Fleck?

5. How does Sacks describe the six-hour ambulance ride to the next hospital?

(see the answer key)

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