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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapter Eight, Eyes Right!.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What branch of the armed services was Jimmie G. in?
(a) The Air Force
(b) The Army
(c) The Navy
(d) The Marines

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

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

4. What does the main character do with this body part?
(a) Asks someone to amputate it
(b) Beats it until it is bruised
(c) Tries to cut it off
(d) Throws it out of bed

5. Who is the main character of this chapter?
(a) Mr. P
(b) Jimmie G.
(c) Christina
(d) Oliver Sacks

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of individuals in the old folks home where the main character lives end up using his/her solution to his/her disorder?

2. Who is the main character in this chapter?

3. How does the 'what science leaves out' theme play out in this chapter?

4. What aspect of his patients is Sacks concerned to communicate to his reader?

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

(see the answer key)

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