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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Jean imagine seeing the only literary figure with Locked-In syndrome?
(a) The beach.
(b) The store.
(c) The hospital.
(d) His father's apartment.

2. Where does Jean say he will never leave?
(a) Room 119.
(b) His wheelchair.
(c) His body.
(d) The hospital.

3. How does the literary figure with Locked-In syndrome get around?
(a) Servants carry him.
(b) He crawls.
(c) He has a wheelchair.
(d) He goes nowhere.

4. How will Jean need to be fed after losing too much weight?
(a) Through vitamin pills.
(b) Through a tube.
(c) With an all liquid diet.
(d) With vomit reducers.

5. What does Jean say is his only true form of escape?
(a) Dreaming.
(b) Writing.
(c) Death.
(d) Sleep.

6. How does Jean tell his father his progress with Sandrine?
(a) He writes to him.
(b) He calls him.
(c) He dictates a letter.
(d) He sends a video.

7. What does Jean compare the patients in his corridor to?
(a) Clean slates.
(b) Broken winged birds.
(c) The living dead.
(d) Butterflies.

8. What is Jean's room number?
(a) 419.
(b) 219.
(c) 319.
(d) 119.

9. What shows Jean the amount of love that the world has for him?
(a) The amount of visitors he gets.
(b) The gifts and flowers sent.
(c) The news articles.
(d) The prayers offered on his behalf.

10. What does Jean do when visitors do not care to learn his code?
(a) Rests.
(b) Examines their flaws.
(c) Sleeps.
(d) Plots his next story.

11. What did Jean first see when he woke from his coma?
(a) A tall man in a suit.
(b) A doctor.
(c) His daughter.
(d) A nurse.

12. What does Jean constantly dream about?
(a) His old office.
(b) An affair he had.
(c) His family a year before the stroke.
(d) The week before his stroke.

13. How does Jean describe Sandrine as a person?
(a) A maternal figure.
(b) A guardian angel.
(c) A motivator.
(d) A true friend.

14. How many orderlies are needed to dress Jean after his coma?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

15. What is the first thing Jean learns to say after his stroke?
(a) A recipe.
(b) A song.
(c) The alphabet.
(d) His daughter's name.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jean hope his hospital experience really is?

2. What kind of patients does Jean's hospital take care of now?

3. How long was the author in a coma?

4. What does Jean say he prefers to do on his own clothes?

5. How old is Jean's father when Jean has his stroke?

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