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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Feynman point in pi?
(a) It is pi to 707 decimal points.
(b) It is the last string of digits in pi.
(c) Where the digit 9 repeats itself eleven times, with other numbers in between.
(d) The decimal places of 999999.

2. Why doesn't Daniel take notes during his training?
(a) He can remember everything.
(b) He cannot understand much of it.
(c) He loses his pen.
(d) He does take notes.

3. Professor Ramachandran theorizes that language emerged:
(a) Originally from mathematics.
(b) Using visual learning aids.
(c) From an agreement to create neologisms.
(d) From synesthetic connections in the brain.

4. What is the name of the educational website for learning language that Neil and Daniel created?
(a) Mnemosyne.
(b) Manti.
(c) Eniac.
(d) Optimnem.

5. When Daniel has an interview with the Voluntary Services Overseas organization, what is his main goal in doing so?
(a) To avoid going to university.
(b) Becoming more independent.
(c) He is not sure.
(d) Spreading Christianity.

6. How did Neil help Daniel memorize the pi digits?
(a) He had Daniel repeat them after him.
(b) He rented a separate apartment for him to study in.
(c) He printed large strings of them on paper.
(d) He researched the digits.

7. What is Daniel's apartment like in the new country where he volunteers?
(a) Newly built.
(b) Tiny.
(c) Decrepit.
(d) Spacious.

8. What is the documentary about Daniel titled?
(a) Daniel Tammet.
(b) Born on a Blue Day.
(c) Brainman.
(d) Savant Syndrome.

9. What happens to Jay in 2004?
(a) She becomes litter trained.
(b) She has kittens.
(c) She runs away.
(d) She dies.

10. How did Daniel have to prove that he had learned Icelandic in four days?
(a) Converse only in Icelandic for an entire day.
(b) Speak Icelandic on a televised show.
(c) Make a public speech on the radio.
(d) Teach that language to English-speaking people.

11. How has love changed Daniel?
(a) He has learned that he can never live alone again.
(b) It has made him aware of jealousy and other bad feelings.
(c) It has made him more open to others and the world around him.
(d) He is more dependent upon others.

12. How is Daniel trained for his volunteer assignment?
(a) Teamwork, lectures, and group discussion.
(b) Film, lectures, and fieldwork.
(c) Fun activities, foreign language lessons, and films.
(d) Lectures.

13. Who meets Daniel at the airport on his return trip to London?
(a) Neil.
(b) Babak.
(c) Rehan.
(d) Lee.

14. Daniel sees a tarakona in his kitchen. What is that?
(a) A mouse.
(b) A cockroach.
(c) An ant.
(d) A grasshopper.

15. What conversational tactic has Daniel used over the years that does not work well within his relationship with Neil?
(a) Responding to every question with an overly long answer.
(b) Pretending to understand something when he does not.
(c) Constantly asking questions.
(d) Smiling even during an argument.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what Lithuanian city was Daniel assigned to volunteer?

2. What types of words does Daniel find most difficult?

3. Whose photo does Daniel keep on the dresser in his kitchen?

4. What American television show did Daniel appear on after the broadcasting of the documentary he was in?

5. In Chapter 8, Daniel mentions one social situation that caused him great anxiety. What was that?

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