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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did Teresa Binder consider overdosing on sleeping pills in "Separating the Twins"?
(a) She could not bear the idea of giving birth to conjoined twins.
(b) She was suspersticious about giving birth to twins.
(c) She was having relationship problems.
(d) She was addicted to sleeping pills.

3. What does the author say was the most harrowing moment of the surgery for Patrick and Benjamin, in "Separating the Twins"?
(a) Fashioning new satittal veins.
(b) Learning that the blood supply might run out.
(c) Forcing the boys into hypothermic arrest.
(d) Separating the large venus sinuses.

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

5. How does the author say Bo-Bo Valentine received her injury?
(a) She was hit by a truck.
(b) She fell off a swing.
(c) She was hit by a baseball.
(d) She was attacked by a dog.

6. What marveled the author about Danielle's parents, in "Three Special Children," when she died?
(a) Their anger.
(b) Their detachment.
(c) Their maturity.
(d) The amount of support they received from family and friends.

7. What celebrity came to Johns Hopkins to visit Beth while she was comatose?
(a) Barney.
(b) Big Bird.
(c) Julie Andrews.
(d) Fred Rogers.

8. How did Beth Usher, in "Little Beth," receive a bump that later caused her first seizure?
(a) She was stung by a bee.
(b) She ran into a wall.
(c) She fell from a swing.
(d) She was hit with a baseball.

9. What did the author find a technique for that involves placing metal rings on the back and front of the skull?
(a) Finding the foramen ovale.
(b) Taking better x-rays of the brain.
(c) Curing headaches.
(d) Removing brain tumors.

10. As Susan recalled her story in "Craig and Susan," who did she tell God she was like from the Bible?
(a) Abraham.
(b) Isaac.
(c) Moses.
(d) Ruth.

11. What did the author believe would happen if he did not give an injured patient a lobectomy?
(a) The patient would experience brain damage.
(b) He would lose his job.
(c) The patient would die.
(d) He would disappoint his mentor.

12. How long did Maranda's hemispherectomy take in "Heartbreak"?
(a) Ten hours.
(b) Three hours.
(c) Twenty hours.
(d) Five hours.

13. What did the CT scan show after Beth's surgery in "Little Beth"?
(a) Her brain stem was swollen.
(b) She was bleeding.
(c) A mysterious mass.
(d) A parasite.

14. What reason does the author give for not wanting to travel to Australia, in "A Special Year"?
(a) The healthcare system there.
(b) The Whites-only policy.
(c) The 20-hour flight.
(d) The heavy accents.

15. Who does the author complain, in "Another Step Forward," wouldn't talk to the "common people" like ward clerks or aides?
(a) A few of the doctors.
(b) The veteran nurses.
(c) Celebrity patients.
(d) Wealthy families.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say happened every time an instrument touched Maranda during her surgery?

2. In "Coming Into My Own," whose voice did the author hear when he encountered prejudice?

3. What type of animal did the author decide to focus his brain research on, in "Coming Into My Own"?

4. In "Think Big," what does the author say talented young people should focus on, instead of music and sports?

5. What happened when the Hopkins team tried to put Beth's diseased hemisphere to sleep?

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