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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does Sacks use most to describe the bull?
(a) Vicious.
(b) Strong.
(c) Hideous.
(d) Angry.

2. What reason did Sacks give for hating any creature with health?
(a) It was the sickness speaking.
(b) It was one step along the road to recovery.
(c) The healthy creatures could not understand him.
(d) After everything he went through, he deserved it.

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

4. Why was it difficult for Sacks to proceed through the land of limbo?
(a) There was no map or chart.
(b) He had no traveling companions.
(c) There was no God figure present.
(d) He had no music.

5. How did Sacks splint his leg?
(a) With his walking stick.
(b) With his right leg.
(c) With his umbrella.
(d) With a stick he found on the ground.

Short Answer Questions

1. The night after his surgery, what was the first of Sacks's nightmares?

2. What instrument did Sacks have for listening to music?

3. Who wrote the book which was the model for Sacks's own book?

4. What two sounds was Sacks caught between?

5. How long had Sacks been traveling when he came to the swollen stream?

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