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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. For how many years had Crystal Mangir worked for OVR?

2. How far was Cathy and Alan's garden from their house?

3. During a visit with Cathy's sister, what was the depth of the water that Alan tried to encourage Kelly to jump into?

4. How long had Cathy and Alan been going to the swim club?

5. What was the name of the bank where Alan worked?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Cathy have a terrible time during her birthday dinner?

2. What happened when Alan took Kelly and Jen to the movies?

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

4. How did Alan react to the stress of traveling to Mexico?

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

6. What was cognitive fatigue?

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

8. What were the holidays like for Alan?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After the accident, Alan would tell stories that were obviously not true. The objective of this lesson is to discuss confabulation and how and why brain-injured people used confabulation.

Essay Topic 2

When it came time for Alan to consider going back to work, Cathy had to find a community reentry program for him. Discuss community reentry and why Alan seemed to be a good candidate for reentry.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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