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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. What did Maranda say, in "A Girl Named Maranda," that she wanted after her hemispherectomy?
(a) A new haircut.
(b) A better brain.
(c) A doll.
(d) No more seizures.

2. Why did Teresa Binder consider overdosing on sleeping pills in "Separating the Twins"?
(a) She was suspersticious about giving birth to twins.
(b) She was having relationship problems.
(c) She could not bear the idea of giving birth to conjoined twins.
(d) She was addicted to sleeping pills.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the author complain, in "Another Step Forward," wouldn't talk to the "common people" like ward clerks or aides?

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

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

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

5. 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 _____.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Maranda Francisco's improvements after her hemispherectomy.

5. What is Rasmussen's encephalitis?

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

7. Why did the author tell a resident at the hospital in Australia that he came from a large family?

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

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

10. What complications did Danielle experience after her surgery in "Three Special Children"?

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