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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. Sacks says that the only way to test the family connection theory of migraines is to see if a child with migraines in his family develops migraines when living with a ____________.
(a) Foster family.
(b) New puppy.
(c) Doctor.
(d) High pressure house.

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

3. Sacks points out that some migraines tend to present themselves as a ________, from the earliest signs to the aftereffects.
(a) Syndrome.
(b) Unit.
(c) Package.
(d) Condition.

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

5. Where is the physicist du Bois Reymond from, according to the descriptions in this manuscript?
(a) Austria.
(b) Germany.
(c) Spain.
(d) Hungary.

Short Answer Questions

1. There may also be changes in the levels of __________ which can be present in the aural symptom experience.

2. 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?

3. ________ often has a derogatory connotation and may require additional discussion among researchers.

4. When ________ happens and it is not followed by a headache, it can be confusing and misinterpreted by the person experiencing it.

5. _________ also seems to be related to migraines, though it is thought to not be causally related, according to most researchers.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sacks have to say about the tendency of migraines to be a part of one's life throughout the years?

2. What are some of the visual sensory hallucinations that migraine patients have seen in their experiences before migraines?

3. What do some researchers feel is not a cause of migraines as adults, according to Sacks' research?

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

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

6. What are the two terms that Reymond used to describe the way a migraine can change the appearance of a migraine patient?

7. What is likely to aggravate the pain of a migraine, according to the author of this book?

8. What is the common cause of migraines for younger patients, with the attack happening after instead of during the activity?

9. What is the German physician's experience with migraines, according to the beginning of the book?

10. What does Sacks have to say about the connection between family members who experience migraines?

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