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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapter Five, Hands.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Sacks cover the patient's condition without seeing recovery?
(a) Eight years
(b) Twenty years
(c) Ten years
(d) One year

2. The character's condition is caused by polyneuritis, which is:
(a) Damaging of the sensory roots of the spinal and cranial nerves
(b) Damaging of the pain centers of the spinal and cranial nerves
(c) Damaging of the sensory roots of the nerves attached to skin
(d) Damaging of the pain centers of the nerves attached to skin

3. Sacks is a:
(a) Neuroscientist
(b) Journalist
(c) Economist
(d) Philosopher

4. What is the main character's most frustrating disability?
(a) She cannot walk.
(b) She cannot use her hands.
(c) She cannot stand up.
(d) She cannot talk.

5. What is the cause of the main character's inability to use one of her body parts?
(a) A Virus
(b) Cerebral Palsy
(c) There is no cause; it is an illusion.
(d) Blindness

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the main character's emotions change when he wakes up from his nap?

2. What does Sacks compare his tales to?

3. How old is the character in this chapter?

4. What branch of the armed services was Jimmie G. in?

5. What is the consequence scientists pay when they ignore the a patient's high cognitive function?

(see the answer key)

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