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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In "A Special Year," why was the author concerned about his wife traveling to Australia?
(a) She would have to quit a lucrative job.
(b) She hated warm climates.
(c) She would have to leave all of her close friends.
(d) She was pregnant and on bed rest.

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is a pupilary response?
(a) When someone goes blind.
(b) When pupils respond to light.
(c) When someone's eyes react to dust or other foreign objects.
(d) When students answers a teacher's question.

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

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

12. What does the author say he and his wife share as an unfulfilled dream, in "Think Big"?
(a) Taking the boys to speaking opportunities when they are older.
(b) Spending their retirement years in Australia.
(c) Starting a music school for disadvantaged youth.
(d) Setting up a national scholarship fund for young people with academic talent.

13. 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 recommendations/By anything he says.
(b) His grades/By the mistakes he has made.
(c) Pitching his metal ring technique/By being modest.
(d) Being himself/Because he projects some kind of image through a super-sales job.

14. What time does the author decide he must leave work each day, in "Family Affairs"?
(a) 12 a.m.
(b) 7 p.m
(c) 11 p.m.
(d) 5 p.m.

15. In "Craig and Susan," what did Susan Warnick's experience with Dr. Miller help her conclude?
(a) That she and her husband should seek counseling.
(b) That nurses could benefit patients by expressing their care.
(c) That she was more knowledgeable about her husband's disease than most doctors.
(d) That there was nothing anyone could do to help her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. What significant sign of recovery did Maranda show after her hemispherectomy?

2. What are members of the Ben Carson Club at Old Court Middle School in the Baltimore suburbs required to do?

3. What homework assignment did the author give Luis and Terry Francisco before Maranda's surgery?

4. What does the author say was the most harrowing moment of the surgery for Patrick and Benjamin, in "Separating the Twins"?

5. What marveled the author about Danielle's parents, in "Three Special Children," when she died?

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