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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapter Eight, Eyes Right!.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when the main character attempts to remove one of his body parts?
(a) He howls with pain.
(b) He bleeds profusely.
(c) He breaks his leg.
(d) He throws himself onto the floor.

2. Sacks sees his patients as:
(a) Crazy
(b) Mere case studies
(c) Mere medical files
(d) Real people

3. Sacks finds his patients:
(a) Boring
(b) Horrible
(c) Evil
(d) Intriguing

4. What additional form of memory can people with Jimmie G.'s disorder lose?
(a) Sensual Memory
(b) Visual Memory
(c) Olfactory Memory
(d) Auditory Memory

5. How does the main character compensate for his/her disorder?
(a) By constructing a pair of glasses that compensate
(b) Requesting brain surgery
(c) By constructing a prosthesis that compensates
(d) By constructing a wheelchair that compensates

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the cause of the main character's inability to use one of her body parts?

2. How does the remedy work?

3. The main character suffers a stroke and this affects which side of his/her brain?

4. How long does Sacks cover the patient's condition without seeing recovery?

5. How is the main character treated?

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