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

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

3. What kinds of headaches might wake up a patient in the middle of the night, according to studies?
(a) Cluster.
(b) Movement.
(c) Terror.
(d) Migraine.

4. Some patients will describe severe __________ as the main symptom of their migraine attack, leading to a different definition of migraine.
(a) Depression.
(b) Family troubles.
(c) Head pain.
(d) Abdominal pain.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Unusual __________ occur in about one tenth of patients, according to the descriptions in the book.

2. Sacks pointed out that a woman's hair turned __________ on one side, the side where she would have her headaches.

3. Many people who are experiencing migraines may seem to become _________ before they begin to show any other signs.

4. Sacks says that _________ may prompt a migraine or might be a part of the unit of the overall event.

5. What do many patients notice about the pain they might feel when they are experiencing a migraine?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is something that Sacks has never seen, but he has heard of in relation to the aura before a migraine?

2. Why do many migraine sufferers tend to rub one side of their head when they are in the midst of a migraine?

3. What causes it to be difficult to determine the difference between migraines and epilepsy?

4. What can often be a secondary factor to the migraine pain, according to the author of this book?

5. What are the causes of serious losses of fluids during the experience of a migraine, according to Sacks?

6. How does Sacks propose the genetic link of migraines be tested in order to assure that environmental conditions are not the cause?

7. What is the meaning of aura, as Sacks uses the term in this section?

8. What does Sacks say that all migraine patients have to fight during the experience of a migraine?

9. What did the fifty-three year old female patient say characterized the start of her migraines?

10. What does Sacks say there is a tendency to do with migraines which might cause problems in their study and experience?

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