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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In " Three Special Children," what does the author say is heartbreaking to watch parents do?
(a) Second guess their decisions.
(b) Let tragedies tear their relationships apart.
(c) Sit by the bedside of a comatose child.
(d) Bury a child.

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

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

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

5. 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) Celebrity patients.
(c) The veteran nurses.
(d) Wealthy families.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What happened when the author pulled Craig's tumorous growth in his brain stem, during his surgery?

5. Who reminded the author, in "Craig and Susan," to remember his mother's words about trusting the Lord?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Theresa Binder, in "Separating the Twins," respond to the news that she was having Siamese twins?

2. What happened at Johns Hopkins in 1985 that allowed the author more time?

3. Why did some doctors oppose a craniectomy for a patient named Charles in "Three Special Children"?

4. What was unusual about Craig being able to eat a whole plate of spaghetti, six weeks after his surgery?

5. What does the letter T stand for in the author's "Think Big" acrostic?

6. How does the author explain the phenomenon of plasticity?

7. How did Dr. Long handle a White patient who did not want a Black doctor on her case?

8. What were some of the possible outcomes of Maranda's hemispherectomy, in "A Girl Named Maranda"?

9. What is Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL)?

10. What was controversial about Denise Baca's hemispherectomy?

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