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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Alan and Cathy first meet?

2. How often was Alan poked with sharp little steel rods to test his response to pain stimuli?

3. What color was Alan's logbook?

4. Where did Alan think he was during his first week at Magee?

5. What was the name of Alan's neuropsychologist?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Alan given a feeding tube?

2. What did Cathy think when a guy who had been injured in a motorcycle accident talked to Alan before they left for a Phillies game?

3. Why didn't Cathy and Alan ever move from Philadelphia?

4. Why did Cathy say an injured brain was a crap shoot?

5. Who also came to stay at the cabin?

6. What were some physical, cognitive, and behavior symptoms that might be experienced by someone with a severe brain injury?

7. Why was Alan practically naked in the ICU?

8. How did psychologists explain why Kelly was afraid to be at home in Chapter 6?

9. In Chapter 4, what words did Cathy or others have to repeat to Alan over and over again?

10. What happened to Cathy after she bought groceries in Chapter 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Alan and Cathy met when they were in graduate school. Discuss how Cathy met Alan and fell in love.

Essay Topic 2

When it came time for Alan to consider going back to work, Cathy had to find a community reentry program for him. Discuss community reentry and why Alan seemed to be a good candidate for reentry.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss speech deficits of a person with TBI and the speech deficits that Alan had.

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