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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Though charmed by Carol's naivete, Mary found her _____ in need of development.
(a) Speech patterns.
(b) Gestures.
(c) Goals.
(d) Dreams.

2. What did Donna initially determine caused her asthma?
(a) Vegetables.
(b) Candy.
(c) Smoking.
(d) Dairy foods.

3. Donnas' therapy sessions with Mary became _____ sessions.
(a) Crying.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Trying.
(d) Cold.

4. Tim and Donna established a marvelous sense of _____ together.
(a) Humor.
(b) Time.
(c) Home.
(d) Style.

5. What possessions did Donna leave behind when she left David?
(a) Her books and letters.
(b) Her car and bicycle.
(c) Her clothes and jewlery.
(d) Her piano and trailer.

6. According to Donna, communicating indirectly with someone who is autistic is _____ than communicating directly.
(a) Less effective.
(b) Less invasive.
(c) More free.
(d) More frightening.

7. What job of Donna's ended right before she went to Europe?
(a) Temporary secretary.
(b) Mail clerk.
(c) Hostess at a restaurant.
(d) Law clerk.

8. Why did Donna think people who worked in banks were respected?
(a) Because they worked indoors.
(b) Because they wore uniforms.
(c) Because employees had to take a test.
(d) Because they worked with money.

9. How was Donna labeled within the context of autism?
(a) Low-perception.
(b) High-performing.
(c) Low-tolerance.
(d) High-functioning.

10. Donna writes that autism is an extreme example of a mechanism that acts to _____.
(a) Protect sanity.
(b) Self-destruct.
(c) Protect other people.
(d) Self-regulate.

11. How did Donna feel about graduating from her classes?
(a) Over the moon.
(b) Over the hill.
(c) Under the weather.
(d) Under the stars.

12. Donna compares the perception of an autistic person and the behavior it leads to possibly triggering protective chemical or hormonal responses in the brain to _____.
(a) Being in a sensory deprivation tank.
(b) Being under water.
(c) Being asleep.
(d) Being in shock.

13. Willie opposed Karen's accusations about David to protect Carol from _____ in a roundabout way.
(a) Herself.
(b) Life on the streets.
(c) Her mother.
(d) David himself.

14. Donna was able to see _____ in a photo taken of her at no more than four months old.
(a) The intellect.
(b) The abuse.
(c) "The smile".
(d) "The look".

15. Willie was responsible for Donna's ability to _____.
(a) Mimic.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Love.
(d) Co-exist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Donna go instead of Holland?

2. What did Donna sell at her new job that was very expensive?

3. Donna considers time and space to be _____.

4. Donna had always experienced being touched emotionally as the threat of _____.

5. Karen's philosophy of men was that they were all _____.

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