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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 far was Cathy and Alan's garden from their house?
(a) 3 blocks.
(b) About a mile.
(c) Not quite a half a mile.
(d) 1 ½ blocks.

2. How far was the ridge at the resort from the ocean?
(a) 50 ft.
(b) 15 ft.
(c) 25 ft.
(d) 10 ft.

3. How much could reentry counseling have cost?
(a) $50,000.
(b) $60,000.
(c) $40,000.
(d) $30,000.

4. What magazine did Alan try to read but had trouble understanding?
(a) New Yorker.
(b) Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.
(c) Time.
(d) Popular Science.

5. What percent of Alan's salary was covered under a private disability policy?
(a) 25.
(b) 75.
(c) 60.
(d) 50.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did Kelly spend on jelly beans?

2. What year was Phineas Gage injured?

3. How many days a week would Bill Gardner come to help organize Alan's home office?

4. After how many weeks did Alan use up the therapy allowed by the HMO?

5. How old was James Brady's son when John Hinckley shot Brady?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 9, what would frequently happen if Cathy left Kelly with Alan?

2. Why did Alan have speech therapy at Magee?

3. What were the holidays like for Alan?

4. What was cognitive fatigue?

5. Describe Gage before and after his accident.

6. Why, according to the therapists, was Alan in a great position to try reentry into the community?

7. What did Cathy believe Bill's greatest value was?

8. What strange pocket of speech deficits went undiagnosed at Magee?

9. How did Cathy feel when she took Alan home from Magee?

10. Why did Cathy have Kelly walk to the bus alone for camp after Alan came home?

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