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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. Why was something being done to Jean when he woke from his coma?
(a) To prevent eye damage.
(b) His larynx collapsed the first tube.
(c) He was bathed every day.
(d) They heard he was going to die.

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

3. What was being done to Jean when he woke from his coma?
(a) He was being bathed.
(b) His family was praying for him.
(c) His feeding tube was being changed.
(d) His eye was being sewn shut.

4. How does Jean feed himself when he misses regular food?
(a) He dreams about it.
(b) He has visitors sneak food.
(c) He writes about food.
(d) He uses his memory.

5. What does Jean think about one particular dream he had before his stroke?
(a) It was the image of what he really wanted.
(b) It showed how he would die.
(c) It was foretelling his stroke.
(d) It was a warning to love his family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing Jean learns to say after his stroke?

2. What does Jean do to signify which letter he is looking for?

3. What does Jean say clutters his father's place?

4. What is the name of the syndrome the author suffers after his stroke?

5. How much weight did Jean lose in 20 weeks?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jean think he dreams about certain things repeatedly while in the hospital?

2. What major accomplishment does Jean do with Sandrine's help, and who is notified about this?

3. What happened to Jean on December 6th?

4. How does Jean communicate, and why?

5. How does Jean describe his father's apartment?

6. What is happening when Jean awakes from his coma?

7. What does Jean picture the only literary figure with Locked-In syndrome to do?

8. What does Sandrine help Jean to do, and how do the other staff at the hospital respond to this?

9. What does Jean imagine Eugenie doing?

10. Where do patients in the hospital get lost, and how does Jean feel when he gets lost?

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