"Gifted Hands" By Ben Carson: Unit Test Intro-ch1
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- 1.Ben Carson was successful but what ultimately made him famous was
- A.
Having a religious experience
- B.
Growing up poor
- C.
Being the first to separate twins joined at the head
- D.
Becoming the first Black president
- 2.The introduction of the story
- A.
Starts when Ben was 8 and his father left
- B.
Is set in an operating room with Ben operating on conjoined twins
- C.
Is set in an emergency room where they run out of blood
- D.
Is set in Boston in the run down tenements
- 3.What is the name of the mother who's sons needed surgery to separate the juncture that joined their heads?
- A.
Sonya Carson
- B.
Tamika Binder
- C.
Melissa Brainer
- D.
Theresa Binder
- 4.During the surgery to separate the conjoined twins, the doctors
- A.
Donated their own blood
- B.
Got tired and fell asleep
- C.
Brought blood into the emergency room
- D.
Ran out of blood after 17 hours of operating
- 5.How old are the conjoined twins when they are separated?
- A.
7 years old
- B.
17 years old
- C.
17 months old
- D.
7 months old
- 6.The doctors ran out of blood while working to separate the twins but solved this problem by
- A.
Getting the exact amount of blood needed from the city blood bank
- B.
Continuing the operation without the blood
- C.
Anesthetizing the twins
- D.
Donating their own blood
- 7.Why did the mother of the conjoined twins choose the Johns Hopkins hospital as the place to have the surgery done?
- A.
Because the famous Ben Carson worked there
- B.
Because they wanted a Black doctor to do the operation
- C.
Because the doctors there would do the surgery and work to preserve the lives of both boys
- D.
Because every other hospital had refused to do the surgery at all
- 8.The surgery took a total of
- A.
7 months
- B.
70 hours
- C.
17 hours
- D.
22 hours
- 9.
What were the names of the conjoined twins that Ben Carson's team operated on?- A.
Jack and Jill Binder
- B.
John and Joe Brainer
- C.
Patrick and Benjamin Binder
- D.
Ben and Curtis Carson
- 10.What was unique about primary neurosurgeon who had created the plan for the operation?
- A.
He never went to medical school
- B.
He had graduated from vocational school
- C.
He had a 3rd grade reading level
- D.
He had been a ghetto kid from the streets of Detroit
- 11.What literary point of view is this story told?
- A.
Third person omniscient
- B.
Sonya Carson
- C.
First person
- D.
Ben Carson
- 12.When Ben Carson's father left the family
- A.
Moved to Tennessee
- B.
Was immediately happy that he was gone
- C.
Suffered financially
- D.
Sold their house
- 13.How old is Ben Carson when his father leaves?
- A.
7 months
- B.
22
- C.
17
- D.
8
- 14.Why is it difficult for Carson to understand why his father has to leave?
- A.
Because his father had been mean to him
- B.
Because his mother lied to him
- C.
Because he was only 8 months old
- D.
Because his father had been a good dad
- 15.What was one thing that Ben said he liked to play with his father?
- A.
Football
- B.
Catch
- C.
He liked to play with the veins on the back of his hands
- D.
Hide and go seek
- 16.Why do Carson’s parents divorce?
- A.
Ben's father abused his kids
- B.
Ben's father had no money
- C.
Ben's father got a job in Boston
- D.
Ben's father had another family
- 17.When Ben's family had to move to Boston to live with his aunt, how did they get there?
- A.
They sold their house and used the money to buy plane tickets
- B.
His father drove them
- C.
They took a bus
- D.
His aunt came and got them
- 18.How does the absence of their father affect Ben and his brother?
- A.
They stopped going to church because they lost their faith
- B.
They were angry at their mother because they didn't have a father figure
- C.
They fought with each other all the time
- D.
They had very little money because his dad would not pay child support
- 19.Ben could have been angry at his dad but he was not. Why didn't he hold a grudge or have harsh feelings towards his father?
- A.
Because he was mad at his mother for kicking his father out
- B.
Because his father paid child support and made sure they were taken care of
- C.
Because Ben's mother did not bash his dad and she seldom blamed him
- D.
Because Ben's brother told him not to hold a grudge
- 20.Who does Ben Carson say is the most influential person in his life?
- A.
His father
- B.
The missionary doctor in the story
- C.
His pastor
- D.
His mother
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