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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Chapter Nineteen, Murder.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the main character recall the murder?
(a) He gets his by a bat and can immediately remember the murder
(b) He has a bike accident that puts him in a coma
(c) He gets hit by a car and goes into a coma
(d) He gets hit by a car and can immediately remember the murder

2. How does the patient respond to Sacks?
(a) He argues with Sacks but eventually agrees with him.
(b) He does not believe Sacks.
(c) He recognizes that Sacks is right.
(d) He believes Sacks hesitantly.

3. What are the effects of the main character's affliction?
(a) Inability to attend to his right side.
(b) Inability to identify others
(c) Inability to comprehend language
(d) Inability to identify himself

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

5. How is the main character treated?
(a) He/She is given a wheel chair so he/she can turn right
(b) He/She is given a wheelchair so he/she can turn left
(c) He/She is given a wheelchair to give him/her a sense of independence
(d) He/She is given a wheelchair so he/she can go to the bathroom on his/her own

Short Answer Questions

1. What is his problem with body?

2. What has the main character experienced over the last twenty-four years?

3. What year does Sacks think Jimmie G's memory should have stopped?

4. Where is the main character sitting when the nurses find him?

5. Sacks is different from a fiction writer because:

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