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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 are members of the Ben Carson Club at Old Court Middle School in the Baltimore suburbs required to do?
2. Who reminded the author, in "Craig and Susan," to remember his mother's words about trusting the Lord?
3. During the author's intense year as chief resident, he learned the special skills that transform the _____ along with his hands, eyes and intuition into _____.
4. How long did the twins remain in a coma after their surgery in "The Rest of Their Story"?
5. What does the author say happened every time an instrument touched Maranda during her surgery?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Maranda Francisco's improvements after her hemispherectomy.
2. What happened at Johns Hopkins in 1985 that allowed the author more time?
3. What is Rasmussen's encephalitis?
4. What does the letter T stand for in the author's "Think Big" acrostic?
5. How did Theresa Binder, in "Separating the Twins," respond to the news that she was having Siamese twins?
6. How did Dr. Long handle a White patient who did not want a Black doctor on her case?
7. How does the author explain the phenomenon of plasticity?
8. Why did some doctors oppose a craniectomy for a patient named Charles in "Three Special Children"?
9. What were some of the possible outcomes of Maranda's hemispherectomy, in "A Girl Named Maranda"?
10. Why did Brian and Kathy Usher initially decide against the hemispherectomy for their daughter, Beth?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why does the author feel that some rules can be broken? What rules does he break in his career? How does breaking rules make him more successful than if he he only followed guidelines set by others?
Essay Topic 2
What does the author learn about himself at Yale? How does he change from the start of his freshman year at Yale to his graduation? How might the author's future have been different if he had failed a class and been dropped from the premed program?
Essay Topic 3
How is the author able to build strong, supportive relationships in his life? How does he support others? Why are some of the people who are close to him unsupportive? How does the author react to unsupportive people?
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