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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. By the time Susannah had her second lumbar puncture in Chapter 25, how long had she been in the hospital?
2. In Chapter 28, where were tubes of Susannah's cerebrospinal fluid sent for examination?
3. In Chapter 34, when was the Swedish dairy cream separator created that helped originate the plasma exchange process?
4. In Chapter 36, how old was Stephen's nephew, Aiden?
5. In Chapter 31, what percent of patients who have NMDA also have a teratoma in the ovaries?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 37, how did Susannah spend time with her brother James?
2. In Chapter 25, what did Nurse Adeline speculate that Susannah's first seizure might have been?
3. In Chapter 31, why did Susannah's father yell at a young doctor?
4. What was the plan for Susannah's treatment program in Chapter 32?
5. In Chapter 27, what treatment did Dr. Najjar suggest that worried Susannah and her family?
6. In Chapter 32, what treatment did Dr. Najjar decide to use for Susannah?
7. What was the test that Dr. Najjar had Susannah try in Chapter 26 and what were the results?
8. At the end of Chapter 39, what mistake did Susannah make?
9. In Chapter 29, what disease were doctors assuming that Susannah would be diagnosed with?
10. In Chapter 21, to what did Stephen compare the atmosphere in the hospital?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Susannah acted as if she had a mental illness when her disease first manifested itself. Why did doctors believe she had a mental illness? Why did her illness seem to be mental, not physical?
Essay Topic 2
Brain on Fire is a true story about Susannah’s battle with an auto-immune disease. What is the genre of the book? Why is that genre most appropriate rather than some other choices?
Essay Topic 3
Susannah’s father was relieved when Susannah received a diagnosis for her illness. How had Susannah’s father been feeling before the diagnosis? Why was it such a relief to have the diagnosis?
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