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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. How long was Alan supposed to be in rehabilitation at Magee?

2. What day did Alan go back to work as a trust officer?

3. How long did Cathy and Alan spend at their garden plot the first time they went after his injury?

4. What was the date when Alan passed his driving test?

5. How long had Cathy and Alan been going to the swim club?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did Alan have speech therapy at Magee?

4. How was Phineas Gage injured?

5. Why did Alan respond differently to Asher Kemp, his recreational therapist, than to his other therapists?

6. What did Alan consider very stupid about the day hospital?

7. Describe Bill Gardner.

8. What did Cathy believe Bill's greatest value was?

9. What happened when Alan took Kelly and Jen to the movies?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fatigue was a major problem for Alan. Discuss fatigue as a symptom of brain injury and how fatigue affected Alan.

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

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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