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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. What is the technical term of Jimmie G.'s disorder?
(a) Agnosia
(b) Retrograde Amnesia
(c) Amnesia
(d) Prosopagnosia

2. The main character addresses Dr. Sacks as three different people. Which ones?
(a) Sister, Brother, Father
(b) Sister, Brother, Doctor
(c) Father, Brother, Doctor
(d) Father, Sister, Doctor

3. What is the main character's affliction?
(a) Congential Blindness and Cerebral Palsy
(b) Only Congenital Blindness
(c) Only Cerebral Palsy
(d) Neither Congenital Blindness nor Cerebral Palsy

4. There is a disorder where patients suddenly lose part of their memory back to a certain date or time period. What is it called?
(a) Short-term Amnesia
(b) Retrograde Amensia
(c) Postgrade Amensia
(d) Long-term Amnesia

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main character's most frustrating disability?

2. The main character has which problem?

3. The main character cannot perceive:

4. What is the name of the main character mentioned in the postscript?

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

(see the answer key)

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