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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four, School Days.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Daniel's parents have to clear the floor in his room at night, leave a hall light, on and put a gate at the top of the stairs?
(a) Daniel liked everything clean and well-lit and closed up at night.
(b) So his brother, Lee, would not get hurt.
(c) Daniel sometimes walked in his sleep.
(d) For home security purposes.

2. What 1988 film featured a character having a syndrome similar to Daniel's?
(a) Rain Man.
(b) A Cry in the Dark.
(c) Brain Damage.
(d) The Unbearable Lightness of Being.

3. Who in Daniel's family had also suffered from epilepsy?
(a) His maternal aunt.
(b) His mother's father.
(c) His father's brother.
(d) His father's father.

4. How did Daniel spend a lot of his time in the house on Blithbury Road?
(a) Writing.
(b) In his room, being silent.
(c) Watching television.
(d) Playing with trains.

5. What was the first foreign language that Daniel learned from a neighbor?
(a) Finnish.
(b) Greek.
(c) Spanish.
(d) French.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item did Daniel break in school that cost him a letter of apology and his parents' money?

2. What alphabet first prompted Daniel's interest in different languages?

3. What two tests were given Daniel to diagnosis his epilepsy?

4. Why did William John Edward's wife divorce him?

5. How does Daniel experience numbers?

(see the answer key)

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