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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapter Thirteen, Yes, Father-Sister.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the main character's nurses help him/her fix his/her disability?
(a) Giving the patient electroshock therapy.
(b) Putting a food tray out of reach.
(c) Recommending surgery.
(d) Putting medicine in the patient's IV.

2. The main character has which of the following problems?
(a) Right-Side Paralysis
(b) Phantom Limb Syndrome
(c) Cupid's Disease
(d) Aphasia

3. In what place does Jimmie recover a part of himself?
(a) School
(b) Home
(c) Work
(d) Chapel

4. What time period is Jimmie stuck in?
(a) 1965
(b) 1975
(c) 1945
(d) 1955

5. Who is the main character of this chapter?
(a) Christina
(b) Mr. P
(c) Mrs. S
(d) Mr. MacGregor

Short Answer Questions

1. Which part of the main character's body does he/she refer to as "lumps of dough?"

2. How does the patient react to her perceptions of individuals as fractured?

3. Who is the main character of the chapter?

4. What additional form of memory can people with Jimmie G.'s disorder lose?

5. What feature of humans does Sacks wonder if Jimmie lacks?

(see the answer key)

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