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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 and Afterword.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the convalescent home, what did Sacks's first breakfast partner find amusing?
(a) Sacks' situation.
(b) The jokes of the serving nurses.
(c) The irony of their respective leg injuries.
(d) Everything about the world.

3. What did Sacks think about as he moved down the mountain?
(a) The most heart-wrenching moments of his life.
(b) What little time he had left to live.
(c) His father's vegetable garden.
(d) Happy memories and times.

4. Why were the set times and limits at the convalescent home important?
(a) They kept the patients from reconnecting to the world too early.
(b) They showed the patients who held the power.
(c) They kept the patients from getting into mischief.
(d) They kept the patients from drifting into chaos or passivity.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What escapade did Sacks try to pull during his last night in the hospital?

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

3. According to the plane captain, what is the first lesson a patient must learn?

4. How did Sacks descend the mountain?

5. What name did Sacks give his windowless hospital room?

(see the answer key)

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