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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did the author expect Maranda's surgery to be, in "A Girl Named Maranda"?
(a) Twelve hours.
(b) Four hours.
(c) Five hours.
(d) Two hours.

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

3. Why did Teresa Binder consider overdosing on sleeping pills in "Separating the Twins"?
(a) She was having relationship problems.
(b) She was suspersticious about giving birth to twins.
(c) She could not bear the idea of giving birth to conjoined twins.
(d) She was addicted to sleeping pills.

4. How long did the twins remain in a coma after their surgery in "The Rest of Their Story"?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) A week.
(c) Ten days.
(d) Two months.

5. What unusual solution did one doctor suggest Maranda try twice a day for her seizures?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Cod liver oil.
(c) Wheatgrass.
(d) Leeches.

Short Answer Questions

1. Denise's surgery, in "Little Beth," confirmed for the author that when people know their _____ and they know their job, it doesn't matter who _____ them.

2. Why did the author tell Craig and Susan that he could NOT open the pons up during Craig's surgery?

3. From what age did Maranda Francisco start having grand mal seizures?

4. In "Coming Into My Own," whose voice did the author hear when he encountered prejudice?

5. How does the author say Bo-Bo Valentine received her injury?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author explain the phenomenon of plasticity?

2. Describe Maranda Francisco's improvements after her hemispherectomy.

3. What was unusual about Craig being able to eat a whole plate of spaghetti, six weeks after his surgery?

4. What were some of the possible outcomes of Maranda's hemispherectomy, in "A Girl Named Maranda"?

5. What prompted the author to apply to Johns Hopkins for his internship and residency?

6. How did Dr. Long handle a White patient who did not want a Black doctor on her case?

7. Why did Brian and Kathy Usher initially decide against the hemispherectomy for their daughter, Beth?

8. What complications did Danielle experience after her surgery in "Three Special Children"?

9. Why did the author tell a resident at the hospital in Australia that he came from a large family?

10. Why did some doctors oppose a craniectomy for a patient named Charles in "Three Special Children"?

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