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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the main injury that Sacks was able to identify?
(a) An artery was torn.
(b) The leg was becoming horribly discolored.
(c) The quadriceps was paralyzed.
(d) His femur was broken.

2. How long had Sacks been traveling when he came to the swollen stream?
(a) Four hours.
(b) Two hours.
(c) Half an hour.
(d) He did not know.

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

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

5. What was the date when Sacks climbed the mountain?
(a) The 7th.
(b) The 18th.
(c) The 23rd.
(d) The 24th.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before Sacks's cast was taken off, what did he dream that it was filled with?

2. In the quote from St. John of the Cross in Chapter Three, where does the light guide the man?

3. What did Sacks feel as he was being admitted to the hospital?

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

5. Previous to his accident, how did Sacks think things were accomplished in the world?

(see the answer key)

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