View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19: Separating Twins and the Rest of Their Story.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "A Serious Step," who helped the author get a summer job at Sennet Steel?
(a) His mother.
(b) Candy.
(c) A stranger.
(d) A classmate

2. In "A Boy's Big Problem," what does the author say his mother needed in order to provide for the family and keep up the house?
(a) A therapist.
(b) Food stamps.
(c) A second job.
(d) A husband.

3. Why did the author nearly kill his friend, Bob, with a knife?
(a) The friend made fun of his clothes.
(b) The friend insulted his mother.
(c) The friend copied his homework without his permission.
(d) They were arguing over radio stations.

4. What happened when the Hopkins team tried to put Beth's diseased hemisphere to sleep?
(a) She woke up.
(b) She slipped into a coma.
(c) They discovered that her speech control transferred to her good hemisphere.
(d) Her entire brain went to sleep.

5. The author graduates _____ in his senior high school class.
(a) Second.
(b) First.
(c) Fourth.
(d) Third.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the chief of surgery at Provident Hospital suggest the author did not want to stay at Johns Hopkins?

2. Why did the author and his brother give up football in "Two Positives"?

3. What is a pupilary response?

4. Who tells a story in "Eight Years Old" that led the author to his first religious experience?

5. What did the Yale admissions office pay for the author and Candy to do before Thanksgiving 1972?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 329 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample