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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. How many lawyers had Crystal Manir been able to successfully help return to work?

2. What magazine did Alan try to read but had trouble understanding?

3. How old was the new roommate Alan had in Chapter 7?

4. How many weeks had Alan been going to the day hospital when reentry was discussed?

5. How far was the ridge at the resort from the ocean?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Alan consider very stupid about the day hospital?

3. Why was TBI labeled the "hidden disability"?

4. How was Phineas Gage injured?

5. Describe Gage before and after his accident.

6. How did a neuropsychologist's grandfather lose all his money in the 1930s?

7. Why did Alan have speech therapy at Magee?

8. What was Cathy's routine with Alan the first weeks he was home?

9. Why did Alan respond differently to Asher Kemp, his recreational therapist, than to his other therapists?

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

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 realized that her family's lifestyle was not good for brain injury rehabilitation. Discuss the lifestyle that Cathy and Alan had and why it wasn't good for someone who was recovering from a brain injury.

Essay Topic 3

Cathy mentioned that she was familiar with steep learning curves, but that learning everything she needed to know about closed head injury was the steepest curve she was ever thrown. Discuss what Cathy had to learn to understand and deal with Alan's injury.

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