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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 "The Rest of Their Story," the author says the twins were given phenobarbitol in order to do what?
(a) Reduce brain swelling.
(b) Put the babies in a coma.
(c) Regulate blood pressure.
(d) Fight off infection.

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

3. 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) Setting up a national scholarship fund for young people with academic talent.
(c) Starting a music school for disadvantaged youth.
(d) Spending their retirement years in Australia.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did the author expect Maranda's surgery to be, in "A Girl Named Maranda"?

2. As Susan recalled her story in "Craig and Susan," who did she tell God she was like from the Bible?

3. What is a pupilary response?

4. From what age did Maranda Francisco start having grand mal seizures?

5. What unusual solution did one doctor suggest Maranda try twice a day for her seizures?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What challenge did Patrick face after his surgery, in "The Rest of Their Story"?

7. Who does the author say he feels a self-imposed obligation to act as a role model for?

8. What is Rasmussen's encephalitis?

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

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

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