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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: Chapter Twenty-Three, The Twins.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Sacks says taht for a long time which part of the brain was thought to be less complex?
(a) Frontal Lobe
(b) The left hemisphere
(c) Parietal Lobe
(d) The right hemisphere

3. What is the main character's primary affliction?
(a) Cannot see whole personalities
(b) Cannot remember who she is
(c) Cannot understand faces
(d) Cannot see the right-side of her visual field

4. What is the first man worried about?
(a) Cutting his leg.
(b) Breaking his finger.
(c) Poking his eye out.
(d) Tripping over his foot.

5. Sacks' patients are typically:
(a) Mentally impaired
(b) Geniuses
(c) Normal
(d) Mentally handicapped

Short Answer Questions

1. Which sort of memory does Jimmie G. lack?

2. When does the main character live?

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

4. How does the main character regain control of his/her body?

5. How do the main character's nurses help him/her fix his/her disability?

(see the answer key)

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