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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Temple call a suitcase?

2. What does Temple's teacher smell of?

3. Who does Temple say she almost killed?

4. Why does Temple say bird bath begins with g?

5. Why is Temple surprised that she is invited to the reunion?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Temple think she excels at creative subjects?

2. Who is William Carlock?

3. What does Carlock say Temple's success proves?

4. What does Bernard Rimland note about Temple's autism in the foreword?

5. In what way does Temple process information differently from other children?

6. In what way was Temple a difficult child?

7. Why is Temple expelled from school in Chapter 7?

8. What does Temple's mother say about Temple in her letter to a psychologist?

9. What does Temple's mother's letter say about her mother's character and feelings towards her daughter?

10. How does Temple cope at private school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In 500 words, and using examples from the book, discuss the difference between Temple's life when she was not in control of her illness to when you did gain control.

Essay Topic 2

Emergence was written in 1986. Choose one of the following options and discuss how ideas have developed since then:

1) The use of medication

2) Educating autistics

3) The encouragement of fixations

Essay Topic 3

Identify the main themes of the story. Why do you think these themes are so important to the story? How does Temple use character and setting to express these themes?

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