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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. Sometimes, when Daniel is falling asleep at night, what does he see in his mind?
(a) Lakes with numbers swimming in them.
(b) Bright light and many numbers.
(c) A dark tunnel and math books.
(d) Landscapes of mountains.

2. 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) So his brother, Lee, would not get hurt.
(b) Daniel sometimes walked in his sleep.
(c) For home security purposes.
(d) Daniel liked everything clean and well-lit and closed up at night.

3. Is epilepsy a cause or a symptom of brain injury?
(a) It is difficult to determine.
(b) A cause.
(c) A symptom.
(d) Neither.

4. How did Daniel mix with other children his age?
(a) He was the life of the party.
(b) He was a loner.
(c) He was sociable.
(d) He scared them off.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Daniel's favorite book on the nursery book shelf?

2. A famous Russian writer who had a form of temporal lobe epilepsy was:

3. Daniel was once looking at his favorite book during story time. What did he begin to do that had everyone looking at him?

4. How was Daniel's development as a child with walking and speaking?

5. What is synesthesia?

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