Saving the Lost

What is the genre of Saving the Lost

• Fiction (Fake)

• Informational (Gives information)

• Science Fiction (like Star Wars)

• Mystery

What is a vegetative state?

• Out of a coma, but unaware of who or where you are

• In a coma for several days

• Out of a coma, but only able to say a few words

• In a coma, but coming to once in a while

Which sentences from the text BEST shows Adrian Owen's motivation for researching "neuroimaging"?

• Different parts of the brain process different kinds of thoughts

• Owen's concern was that neuroimaging was breaking no new ground

• In 1997, Owen and his team began testing a patient who was in a vegetative state.

• Owen continued his research, and in 2006 he made another breakthrough

What did Adrian Owen discover?

• Neuroimagery

• new information about vegetative states

• Chemotherapy

• new information about anesthesia

What was already known through neuroimaging before Adrian Owen came along?

• The brain does not function if a person is in a coma.

• Different parts of the brain process different kinds of thoughts.

According to the text, what motivated Adrian Owen to study neuroimaging?

• He wanted to make more money.

• He wanted to find more uses for it.

What happened when the vegetative patient was shown familiar faces?

"Strange as it sounds, scientists know the part of the brain that shows activity in healthy people when they imagine playing . . ."

How do you know the woman in the vegetative state recovered?

• She wrote a book.

• She sang a song.

• She wrote Adrian Owen a thank you letter.

• She competed in the Olympics.

What do Adrian Ownen's critics think about his second breakthrough?

• They now admit he knew what he was talking about all along.

• They think he is a fake and a fraud.

• They think the patient was faking being in a coma.

• They think the patient had an involuntary response to his last words.