Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science

The author chose to tell the story of Gage’s accident in ____________________________ tense.

• present tense so the reader can experience the accident like an eyewitness.

• Past tense because it happened in the past

• Future tense because it talks about medical terminology

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Write three adjectives that describe Phineas’s personality before the accident.

• lazy, rude, forgetful

• crude, hard working, indecisive

• hard working, kind, friendly

• kind, friendly, lazy

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Phineas Gage’s accident took place on this date:

• September 1848

• September 1865

• September 1852

• May 1860

Name one or two central ideas of this text.

• Phineas Gage was unlucky. His injury helped brain science understand the brain.

• Phineas Gage was lucky that he survived. His injury help Dr. Harlow become famous.

• Phineas Gage was lucky that he survived. Phineas Gage became famous.

• Phineas Gage was lucky that he survived. His injury helped brain science understand the brain.

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What was remarkable about Phineas’s condition just after the accident?

• He road in a wagon to the town.

• He had an infection.

• He could walk and talk.

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It was good that Phineas’s skull was open because

• the doctor could finally see a live person's brain.

• the doctor could remove the skull pieces.

• it gave the brain room to swell.

• It left his brain open to fresh air.

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It was bad that Phineas’s skull was open because

• it was bleeding to much.

• it was gross.

• it had room to swell.

• it was open to infection.

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The brain stem controls ______________________ functions, such as breathing and heartbeat.

• executive

• automatic

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he human brain weighs about ____________________ pounds.

• 4 pounds

• 3 pounds

• 3 1/2 pounds

• It depends on the person.

What caused Phineas’s death?

• blood poisoning

• sezuires

• seasickness

• the mining accident

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