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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. What escapade did Sacks try to pull during his last night in the hospital?
(a) Climbing a ladder to the roof.
(b) Asking the night nurse out for a drink.
(c) Walking the edge of his second-story balcony.
(d) Walking around the grounds unattended.

2. In the quote about patient waiting, why must the person not think?
(a) He must combine love and thought.
(b) He must combine hope and thought.
(c) He is not ready for thought.
(d) He is not strong enough for thought.

3. How many days did Sacks spend in his small hospital room?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Eight.

4. How does Sack describe his thoughts during the first moments of standing again?
(a) The world was again possible.
(b) His life had been recreated.
(c) He was too excited to remember his thoughts.
(d) He was entering the world of the patient from the world of the dead.

5. Why did Sacks sit looking out the window for hours on end?
(a) He was starved to look at anything green.
(b) He was eager to see other people.
(c) He was tired of his hospital room.
(d) He was realizing how cut off from life he was.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what poor instrument did Sacks compare his injured leg?

3. What book does Sacks plan to write in the future?

4. Where did Sacks's accident occur?

5. Who has written about the "occasions of poetry" (pg 9)?

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