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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sacks ask migraine patients to do in order to see if they can determine a cause or a condition which might lead to migraines?
(a) Go for a run during a headache.
(b) Journal.
(c) A count of their medication usage.
(d) Video log.

2. But on the other hand, some feel that those who suffer from migraines might be ____________ to suffer from allergies and motion sickness.
(a) More likely.
(b) Less likely.
(c) Just as likely.
(d) Unable.

3. With a migraine, there can be a _________ appearance to the eye, according to the description in this book.
(a) Diseased.
(b) Shrunken.
(c) Sallow.
(d) Red.

4. What tends to increase over the course of an experience of a migraine headache?
(a) Hallucinations.
(b) Fatigue.
(c) Pain.
(d) Nausea.

5. One woman was described as being ____________, though her symptoms were actually more a part of a migraine.
(a) Crazy.
(b) Normal.
(c) Menopausal.
(d) Cancerous.

6. Sacks points out that there is a tendency to _________ migraine sufferers in literature and in descriptions.
(a) Criticize.
(b) Ignore.
(c) Romanticize.
(d) Avoid.

7. There may also be changes in the levels of __________ which can be present in the aural symptom experience.
(a) Communication.
(b) Consciousness.
(c) Truthfulness.
(d) Interaction.

8. The woman that the man thought he was talking to was _______, while it was actually his secretary.
(a) His brother.
(b) His wife.
(c) His mother.
(d) His boss.

9. Sacks discusses the way that ________ can change in people who are in the middle of a migraine attack.
(a) Moods.
(b) Ideas.
(c) Thoughts.
(d) Diseases.

10. What did the man begin to use when he realized that sneezing might be able to relieve his migraine pain?
(a) Baby powder.
(b) Snuff.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Pepper.

11. What may or may not continue as a result of the pain of a migraine increasing or continuing?
(a) Aura.
(b) Movement.
(c) Nausea.
(d) Medication.

12. The general rule for __________ is that they are present early in life and then they tend to taper off in time.
(a) Tremors.
(b) Motion sickness bouts.
(c) Seizures.
(d) Migraines.

13. Sacks points out there are many ___________ toward many diseases and migraines are no exception to this finding.
(a) Predispositions.
(b) Truths.
(c) Tendencies.
(d) Cause.

14. There are some patients that obviously suffer from periodical or causal attacks but that the larger group will defy easy _____________.
(a) Peace.
(b) Classification.
(c) Treatment.
(d) Study.

15. __________ emotions, exercise, and excitement are also regularly blamed for migraines though Sacks thinks this is only a part of the answer.
(a) Quick.
(b) Poor.
(c) Excessive.
(d) Violent.

Short Answer Questions

1. __________ migraines are always present in those who have cases of severe nausea along with their pain.

2. Sometimes the feeling of _________ is reported during the experience of a migraine, in some patients.

3. The man who always _______ to end his migraine attacks had to find a new way of relieving his pain.

4. Those who have ________ migraines are often those who are prone to blushing in their everyday lives.

5. Sacks does think there may be a link between having ________ and cyclical vomiting as a child and migraines.

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