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

2. What happened when the author pulled Craig's tumorous growth in his brain stem, during his surgery?
(a) It came free in one gigantic blob.
(b) The author heard God's voice.
(c) The author suddenly felt lightheaded.
(d) Craig began to bleed excessively.

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

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

5. As Susan recalled her story in "Craig and Susan," who did she tell God she was like from the Bible?
(a) Abraham.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Isaac.
(d) Moses.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What news did Maranda's parents receive about her diagnosis at UCLA Medical Center?

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

4. What does the author say interns called their white uniforms in "Coming Into My Own"?

5. What does the author believe, even after losing Jennifer, about his relationship to patients?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did the chief of surgery at Provident Hospital try to lure the author to work for him?

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

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

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

8. What is Rasmussen's encephalitis?

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

10. What prompted the author to apply to Johns Hopkins for his internship and residency?

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