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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are members of the Ben Carson Club at Old Court Middle School in the Baltimore suburbs required to do?
(a) Work in teams devising original science investigations.
(b) Watch no more than three tevelvision programs a week and read at least two books.
(c) Meet with a mentor every week.
(d) Follow the author's "Think Big" commands.

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

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

4. What did Dr. Long propose, months after the author's return to Baltimore?
(a) That he open a private practice.
(b) That he become the chief of pediatric neurosurgery.
(c) That he consider a permanent move to Australia.
(d) That he become the chairman of surgery.

5. 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.

6. Why did the chief of surgery at Provident Hospital suggest the author did not want to stay at Johns Hopkins?
(a) He said there was too much drama.
(b) He said the institution was steeped in racism.
(c) He said the salary was too poor.
(d) He said the patients were prejudiced.

7. What affiliation did the author and his wife have that opened doors for them in Australia?
(a) They were Yale alumni.
(b) They were Black Americans.
(c) They belonged to the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
(d) They lived in Michigan.

8. What news did Maranda's parents receive about her diagnosis at UCLA Medical Center?
(a) The results were inconclusive.
(b) The doctors believed a new drug would cure her.
(c) Her condition was inoperable.
(d) The doctors saw no evidence of inflammation on her brain.

9. What does the author say interns called their white uniforms in "Coming Into My Own"?
(a) Super whites.
(b) Money gear.
(c) Monkey suits.
(d) Doctor threads.

10. What does the author conclude in "Family Affairs" is a top priority?
(a) Presenting motivational talks to young people.
(b) His family.
(c) Continuing laboratory research.
(d) Writing papers.

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

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

13. What does the author say a "four plus" did at the hospital?
(a) Informed how long an operation would be.
(b) Galvanized everyone into action.
(c) Indicated the number of surgeons required to attend neurosurgery grand rounds.
(d) Instructed how much coffee was needed.

14. Before the author left for his interview in Baltimore, he decided that he wanted to be himself and be accepted or rejected by _____ and not _____.
(a) His grades/By the mistakes he has made.
(b) Being himself/Because he projects some kind of image through a super-sales job.
(c) Pitching his metal ring technique/By being modest.
(d) His recommendations/By anything he says.

15. What happened when the Hopkins team tried to put Beth's diseased hemisphere to sleep?
(a) Her entire brain went to sleep.
(b) They discovered that her speech control transferred to her good hemisphere.
(c) She woke up.
(d) She slipped into a coma.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author say Bo-Bo Valentine received her injury?

2. What celebrity came to Johns Hopkins to visit Beth while she was comatose?

3. Why did the author tell Craig and Susan that he could NOT open the pons up during Craig's surgery?

4. In "The Rest of Their Story," what did the author say headlines read after the twins' surgery?

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

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