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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What instrument did Sacks have for listening to music?
(a) A clarinet.
(b) A small radio.
(c) A record player.
(d) An MP3 player.

2. What was the date when Sacks climbed the mountain?
(a) The 7th.
(b) The 23rd.
(c) The 24th.
(d) The 18th.

3. What did Sacks think when he woke from the surgery?
(a) That he was tired and wanted to sleep.
(b) That he had been asleep for seven hours.
(c) That he had been asleep for nearly a day.
(d) That he had been asleep only a few minutes.

4. What would make the state of limbo tolerable?
(a) The concern of a fellow person in limbo.
(b) The ability to examine one's own thoughts.
(c) The knowledge of an end to this state.
(d) The ability to communicate with others.

5. According to Sacks, why does he not end his story after his rescue?
(a) The accident is closely connected to the story of recovery.
(b) He had so many ideas left to convey.
(c) The focus of the book is the recovery, not the accident.
(d) The book was not long enough to stop.

Short Answer Questions

1. In order to escape being caught on the mountain all night, what was the latest possible time Sacks could reach help?

2. What did Sacks experience with the father and son, which he had not experienced all day?

3. What other word is connoted by the word "hell"?

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

5. After a temporary cast was put on the leg, what dream did Sacks have?

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