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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19: Separating Twins and the Rest of Their Story.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of Candy's three college majors does the author say she eventually dropped?
(a) Psychology.
(b) Music.
(c) English.
(d) Premed.

2. Why did the author withdraw his applications to medical school programs at Johns Hopkins, Yale, Michigan State, and Wayne State?
(a) He realized he applied to too many programs.
(b) He received a fellowship to study abroad.
(c) He was accepted to the University of Michigan.
(d) He decided to take a year off to get married.

3. How old was the author when he learned that his father was leaving?
(a) 8.
(b) 12.
(c) 6.
(d) 10.

4. In "Coming Into My Own," whose voice did the author hear when he encountered prejudice?
(a) Dr. Long's.
(b) His mother's.
(c) His father's.
(d) Martin Luther King Jr.'s.

5. What score did the author receive on a math quiz that humiliated him?
(a) 28 out of 30.
(b) 9 out of 30.
(c) 0 out of 30.
(d) 15 out of 30.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author find a technique for that involves placing metal rings on the back and front of the skull?

2. The author's mother told him if he could _____, he could learn just about anything he wanted to know.

3. Where does the author describe his father working, until his retirement in the 1970s?

4. What does the author say a "four plus" did at the hospital?

5. What concept allowed Maranda to manage well without the left half of her brain?

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