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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before he took a step, what visual problem did Sacks have?
(a) He could not distinguish colors.
(b) He could not see his feet.
(c) The floor looked closer than it actually was.
(d) He could not judge objects or distances.

2. What was Sacks doing when he was finally able to piece together his thoughts?
(a) Riding in a car from Annapolis to New York.
(b) Riding a train from Philadelphia to New York.
(c) Riding a train from Boston to New York.
(d) Driving from Washington, D.C. to Boston.

3. As Sacks returned to his room, what was the weather like?
(a) Lightly snowing.
(b) Dark and stormy.
(c) Sunny and warm.
(d) Chilly and wet.

4. 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.

5. Sacks did not attend the memorial service for W. H. Auden because he thought he was too weak to travel. Where was this service held?
(a) Westminster Abbey.
(b) St. Martin-in-the-Field.
(c) St. Paul's Cathedral.
(d) Buckingham Palace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sacks find astonishing about his wound?

2. What is the title of Chapter One?

3. What reason did Sacks give for hating any creature with health?

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

5. What does Sacks think of when he remembers the Biblical words, "To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. A time to be born, and a time or die; a time . . ." (pg 26)?

(see the answer key)

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