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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15: Heartbreak.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was the author when he was baptized for the second time?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 14.
(d) 8.

2. What concept allowed Maranda to manage well without the left half of her brain?
(a) Serendipity.
(b) Relativity.
(c) Multiplicity.
(d) Plasticity.

3. What does the author say happened every time an instrument touched Maranda during her surgery?
(a) Her fingers moved.
(b) Her toes moved.
(c) She started to bleed.
(d) Her blood pressure dropped.

4. Why did the author change schools in the middle of eighth grade?
(a) He moved back to Boston.
(b) He got expelled from his old school.
(c) He moved back to his old house.
(d) He transferred to a school for gifted children.

5. What significant sign of recovery did Maranda show after her hemispherectomy?
(a) She had little swelling.
(b) She sat up on the gurney.
(c) She slept.
(d) She talked.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author believe, even after losing Jennifer, about his relationship to patients?

2. Why did the author withdraw his applications to medical school programs at Johns Hopkins, Yale, Michigan State, and Wayne State?

3. In "A Boy's Big Problem," why does the author say he hated to buy bread or milk at the store?

4. Which of Candy's three college majors does the author say she eventually dropped?

5. What year of college was the author in when he met Candy?

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