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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What marveled the author about Danielle's parents, in "Three Special Children," when she died?
2. What are members of the Ben Carson Club at Old Court Middle School in the Baltimore suburbs required to do?
3. What is a pupilary response?
4. What happened to Craig Warnick on June 19, 1988, in "Craig and Susan"?
5. What unusual solution did one doctor suggest Maranda try twice a day for her seizures?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Brian and Kathy Usher initially decide against the hemispherectomy for their daughter, Beth?
2. What was unusual about Craig being able to eat a whole plate of spaghetti, six weeks after his surgery?
3. What prompted the author to apply to Johns Hopkins for his internship and residency?
4. Who does the author say he feels a self-imposed obligation to act as a role model for?
5. How does the author explain the phenomenon of plasticity?
6. What were some of the possible outcomes of Maranda's hemispherectomy, in "A Girl Named Maranda"?
7. Why did the author tell a resident at the hospital in Australia that he came from a large family?
8. Why did some doctors oppose a craniectomy for a patient named Charles in "Three Special Children"?
9. Why does the author say "no knowledge is ever wasted," in "Another Step Forward"?
10. What complications did Danielle experience after her surgery in "Three Special Children"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What does the author know about his mother's mental condition while he is growing up? How does the author feel about his mother, once he learns of her psychological struggles? How might the author's perception of his mother change, as he learns more about the brain?
Essay Topic 2
What is the author's greatest accomplishment? How does this accomplishment make a difference? What might be different if the author did not achieve this?
Essay Topic 3
How does the author deal with failure? How does he deal with disappointment? How does he deal with stress? What can one learn from the author's approach to problems?
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