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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While waiting for villagers to arrive and take him to the hospital, how did Sacks feel?
(a) Anxious.
(b) Worried about the doctor's prognosis.
(c) Comfortable and happy.
(d) Thrilled to be alive.

2. What does the word scotoma mean?
(a) Darkness of soul.
(b) The depression following surgery.
(c) Emptiness and images of emptiness.
(d) Being utterly alone in the world.

3. What was the main injury that Sacks was able to identify?
(a) An artery was torn.
(b) His femur was broken.
(c) The quadriceps was paralyzed.
(d) The leg was becoming horribly discolored.

4. What time of day did Sacks awake from his feverish delirium?
(a) Evening.
(b) Early morning.
(c) Late afternoon.
(d) Near midnight.

5. What analogy does Sacks use to describe his left leg's failure during therapy?
(a) A cliff with an impossibly smooth face.
(b) A flat pasture with lazy cows.
(c) A city with deserted streets.
(d) A car with an empty gas tank.

Short Answer Questions

1. During his first visit home, what type of religious ceremony did Sacks attend with his family?

2. What does Sacks think of when he remembers the Biblical words, "To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. A time to be born, and a time or die; a time . . ." (pg 26)?

3. Once he began walking again, what time had arrived for Sacks?

4. What emotion did Sacks see several times on the unguarded face of the physiotherapist?

5. The night before the operation, Sacks called up his family and friends. What did he tell them could happen if he were to die during the operation?

(see the answer key)

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