Phineas Gage Final Test
Authored by Michelle Osborne
English
6th - 8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.10
CCSS.RI.7.10
CCSS.RL.6.10
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.8.10
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Phineas Gage’s accident took place on this date:
September 1848
September 1865
September 1852
May 1860
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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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CCSS.RI.6.2
CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.RL.6.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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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CCSS.RL.5.6
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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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CCSS.RL.5.6
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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.
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.1
CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.6.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
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