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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the main character feel about his/her body?
(a) That it is detached from him/her.
(b) That it is deteriorating.
(c) That it has a mind of its own.
(d) That it will spontaneously combust.

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

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

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

5. What is the name of the main character mentioned in the postscript?
(a) Mr. P
(b) Miguel
(c) Jimmie G.
(d) Witty Ticcy Ray

Short Answer Questions

1. Sacks finds his patients:

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

3. Which medicine is used to calm down the main character?

4. What is a visual phantom?

5. Dr. P is a teacher of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mr. MacGregor work to compensate for his disorder?

2. What is phantom limb syndrome? What are its disadvantages?

3. Why does Sacks think that phantom limb syndrome might be importantly beneficial to a patient who has lost a limb?

4. Which activities return the main character to normal? Why?

5. Who is the main character in this chapter? What is the main character's occupation and affliction?

6. What is the change in the main character's demeanor in the chapter and why?

7. What are the main character's experiences due to her affliction about? How does she react to them?

8. What is Witty Ticcy Ray's disorder? How does it hurt him? How does it benefit him?

9. What central feature of all humans is Sacks worried that Jimmie lacks? Why is Sacks so worried? And what alleviates his worry?

10. What is the main character's disorder? How does it compare to Witty Ticcy Ray's? How does she handle it on the street?

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