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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 year was Phineas Gage injured?

2. During a visit with Cathy's sister, what was the depth of the water that Alan tried to encourage Kelly to jump into?

3. After coming home from the day hospital, how many hours might Alan nap?

4. Where did Alan, Cathy, and Kelly go for Labor Day weekend?

5. Where was the bookstore where Cathy and Tom did a reading in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did a neuropsychologist's grandfather lose all his money in the 1930s?

2. What was cognitive fatigue?

3. Why was a will chosen for Alan's first work-related job?

4. What analogy did a neuropsychologist use to describe what happened in a brain after frontal lobe damage?

5. What does Cathy wish she could do for Kelly?

6. How was Phineas Gage injured?

7. How did Cathy feel when she took Alan home from Magee?

8. Why did Cathy have a terrible time during her birthday dinner?

9. Describe Bill Gardner.

10. Why did Cathy decide not to have Alan go through Moss Rehabilitation for his reentry?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Cathy realized that her family's lifestyle was not good for brain injury rehabilitation. Discuss the lifestyle that Cathy and Alan had and why it wasn't good for someone who was recovering from a brain injury.

Essay Topic 2

There were times when Alan acted out completely free of inhibition. Discuss being uninhibited and how Alan acted because of his lack of inhibition.

Essay Topic 3

"The Mango Princess" is about injuries Alan suffered that injured him badly. Discuss Alan's accident and injuries.

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