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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many orderlies are needed to dress Jean after his coma?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

2. Where does Jean feel the most trapped?
(a) The hospital.
(b) His room.
(c) The bed.
(d) His body.

3. What does Jean say he prefers to do on his own clothes?
(a) Drool.
(b) Vomit.
(c) Spill.
(d) Die.

4. What is the name of the hospital Jean is staying at?
(a) Berck.
(b) Breck.
(c) Bradt.
(d) Breadth.

5. When did Jean imagine Eugenie talking to him?
(a) In his dreams.
(b) When he was alone in his room.
(c) When he saw the stained glass window.
(d) When he read a book about her.

6. What was Eugenie's title?
(a) Duchess.
(b) Princess.
(c) Countess.
(d) Empress.

7. What day of the week did the author have his stroke?
(a) Friday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Sunday.

8. Why does Jean think he keeps dreaming about the same things?
(a) He wonders if he could have changed things.
(b) He remembers little else.
(c) He is dperessed.
(d) His coma locked them in.

9. What is Jean struggling to maintain when Sandrine starts working with him?
(a) His motivation to progress.
(b) His hope.
(c) His physical abilities.
(d) His positive outlook.

10. How will Jean need to be fed after losing too much weight?
(a) Through a tube.
(b) With vomit reducers.
(c) With an all liquid diet.
(d) Through vitamin pills.

11. What condition was Jean in after his coma?
(a) He was in and out of consciousness.
(b) He was almost totally normal for a time.
(c) He was in critical condition.
(d) He was in a general stupor.

12. How does Jean describe Sandrine as a person?
(a) A maternal figure.
(b) A motivator.
(c) A true friend.
(d) A guardian angel.

13. Where does Jean see all the people in his corridor?
(a) The rehabilitation room.
(b) The gardens.
(c) The hallway.
(d) The caffeteria.

14. What does Jean say he feels like he is trapped in?
(a) A rubber ball.
(b) A battle bunker.
(c) A diving bell.
(d) A jail cell.

15. What does Brigitte do for Jean every time before she leaves him?
(a) Kisses his forehead.
(b) Tells him how proud she is of his progress.
(c) Gives him a facial massage.
(d) Tickles his feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book holds the only literary figure with Locked-In syndrome?

2. What does Jean's daughter do every night that brings joy to his heart?

3. What does Jean think when he is put in a wheel chair?

4. Why was Eugenie interested in the hospital Jean was staying at?

5. How long was the author in a coma?

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