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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3, 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what moment did Sacks's leg "return" to his body?
(a) When he had taken several steps.
(b) When he heard Mendelssohn's music in his head.
(c) When he walked and felt sensation in it.
(d) When he remembered the rhythm of hiking up the mountain.

2. Why did the staff nurse laugh at Sacks when he arrived in his room?
(a) Because he told her a bawdy joke.
(b) Because he was joking about his cast.
(c) Because he had difficulty walking.
(d) Because he had packed fifty books and almost no clothes.

3. What did Sacks think about as he moved down the mountain?
(a) Happy memories and times.
(b) The most heart-wrenching moments of his life.
(c) His father's vegetable garden.
(d) What little time he had left to live.

4. How must a person react to the abyss?
(a) Search it for answers.
(b) Ignore it.
(c) Either face it or walk away.
(d) Skirt its edge without falling in.

5. What did Sacks hope to see when he reached the mountain's summit?
(a) The bull that lived there.
(b) A good view of the city.
(c) A good view of the surrounding mountains.
(d) The temple at the top.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Sacks splint his leg?

2. Sacks climbed a particular stretch of ground in just over an hour. How long did it take him to descend this same stretch?

3. When the father and his son rescued Sacks, what had they been doing just a moment before?

4. What book of the Bible does Sacks quote at the beginning of Chapter Three?

5. What book does Sacks plan to write in the future?

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