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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. What medication was Alan given in Chapter 4 to prevent seizures?

2. What was the name of Alan's rehabilitation specialist at HUP?

3. What type of vehicle did Cathy and Alan drive to Canada?

4. How many days after the injury did Alan entered what Cathy called his "Rain Man" phase?

5. How far was HUP from Alan and Cathy's home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who also came to stay at the cabin?

2. Why was Alan given a feeding tube?

3. What type of a relationship did Kelly have with Sarah and Joanne Babaian?

4. What was the history behind the Glinda the Good Witch figurine that Alan's sister gave Alan?

5. Why did doctors not know if Alan would ever walk again?

6. Why was being left-handed a factor in Alan's recovery?

7. How did a cattle farmer's daughter sustain a brain injury?

8. How did a nurse named Megan encourage Cathy when she found Cathy crying in the lounge?

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

10. Describe Cathy's experience spoon-feeding Alan.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Bill Gardner worked with Alan to help him get ready to reenter the workplace. Discuss Bill and the role he played helping Alan reenter the workplace and control his behavior at home.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss reduplicative paramnesia and how it affected Alan and other TBI sufferers.

Essay Topic 3

Alan was given various treatments to allow his brain to heal as much as possible. Discuss some of the treatments Alan was given and why those treatments were chosen.

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