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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 the machine that calms animals down?

2. Why does Temple do poorly on the Visual Attention Span test?

3. Who does Carlock say Temple needs to experiment with to see if the machine works?

4. Which of the following does Temple say she needs?

5. Which of the following is a school that encourages Kinesthetic learning?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Temple use visual images to help her in daily life?

2. How does Temple describe her nerve attacks?

3. Why does Temple think she suffers from nerve attacks?

4. How does Temple get over her nerves when she goes home for Christmas?

5. How does Temple justify using the machine?

6. Why does Temple fixate on the sliding glass door in Chapter 11?

7. How are things getting better for Temple?

8. How does Temple's machine help her?

9. How does Temple learn to stop hitting people?

10. Why does Temple think spinning is good for autistic children?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Temple often examines the positive aspects of her illness. What positives can Temple take from her illness? Would she have become the successful person she became without the illness?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Choose two sub-levels of autism and discuss the following:

1) The symptons and the problems it causes for the sufferer

2) How a sufferer is treated

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