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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. What year does Sacks think Jimmie G's memory should have stopped?
(a) 1945
(b) 1955
(c) 1965
(d) 1975

2. Sacks is different from a fiction writer because:
(a) He is not a trained writer.
(b) He is more scientific and philosophical than most.
(c) He is a bad writer.
(d) He has less education than most fiction writers.

3. What additional form of memory can people with Jimmie G.'s disorder lose?
(a) Auditory Memory
(b) Visual Memory
(c) Sensual Memory
(d) Olfactory Memory

4. Where does Sacks work at the time of this chapter?
(a) Neuroscience Clinic
(b) Therapist's Office
(c) Home for the Aged
(d) National Institutes of Mental Health

5. How old is the character in this chapter?
(a) Sixties
(b) Late forties
(c) Late twenties
(d) Early thirties

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the neuroscientist Sacks receives advice from in Chapter 1?

2. There is a disorder where patients suddenly lose part of their memory back to a certain date or time period. What is it called?

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

4. What is his problem with body?

5. How does the main character seem when Sacks meets him?

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