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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What model year was the car that Cathy drove?

2. What hours was Alan in session at Magee?

3. How long were Cathy and Alan married before they had Kelly?

4. Realistically, how long did Dr. Ellis believe there would be potential for improvement in Alan's condition?

5. What did Alan sing as he left to ferry Sarah, Honey, and Benjamin back to the mainland?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Cathy think when a guy who had been injured in a motorcycle accident talked to Alan before they left for a Phillies game?

2. How did Kelly enjoy the stay at the lake?

3. What type of a relationship did Kelly have with Sarah and Joanne Babaian?

4. Who also came to stay at the cabin?

5. What were some physical, cognitive, and behavior symptoms that might be experienced by someone with a severe brain injury?

6. Why did Alan have a logbook that went everywhere with him?

7. How was Alan injured?

8. Why was Alan given a feeding tube?

9. Why didn't Cathy and Alan ever move from Philadelphia?

10. Describe Cathy's experience spoon-feeding Alan.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss speech deficits of a person with TBI and the speech deficits that Alan had.

Essay Topic 2

Cathy mentioned a quote from the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer, "We are not Worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under They Table." Discuss the quote and what it meant to Cathy.

Essay Topic 3

Alan kicked Kelly in a movie theater when she made him angry. Discuss how Alan treated Kelly.

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