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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Maranda say, in "A Girl Named Maranda," that she wanted after her hemispherectomy?
(a) A better brain.
(b) A new haircut.
(c) No more seizures.
(d) A doll.

5. The author says he was hooked the first few times he looked down upon what?
(a) A needy child.
(b) A human brain.
(c) A beating heart.
(d) Operating theater.

6. What did the author and Dr. Udvarhelyi end up talking about extensively in the interview for Johns Hopkins?
(a) Detroit.
(b) Yale.
(c) Classical music.
(d) Metal rings.

7. From what age did Maranda Francisco start having grand mal seizures?
(a) Eight years old.
(b) Seven days old.
(c) Eighteen months old.
(d) Four years old.

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

9. What happened to Craig Warnick on June 19, 1988, in "Craig and Susan"?
(a) He found out he out he had Von Hippel-Lindau.
(b) He graduated from college.
(c) He had surgery on his tumor and cyst.
(d) He was admitted to the hospital through the emergency room.

10. How long did the twins remain in a coma after their surgery in "The Rest of Their Story"?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Ten days.
(c) Two months.
(d) A week.

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

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

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

14. How much blood did Maranda lose during the hemispherectomy?
(a) Two pints.
(b) None.
(c) Nine pints.
(d) Twelve ounces.

15. In "Separating the Twins," where were the twins, Patrick and Benjamin, conjoined?
(a) At the shoulder.
(b) At the chest.
(c) At the hip.
(d) At the back of the head.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the author say he experiences less of a negative response from patients nowadays?

2. In "The Rest of Their Story," the author says the twins were given phenobarbitol in order to do what?

3. Why did the chief of surgery at Provident Hospital suggest the author did not want to stay at Johns Hopkins?

4. What is a pupilary response?

5. Why did Teresa Binder consider overdosing on sleeping pills in "Separating the Twins"?

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