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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Nine, The Gift of Tongues.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 6, Daniel discusses an awkward love note he handed to someone when he was sixteen. How did this person respond?
(a) He laughed in Daniel's face.
(b) He said he could not be the person Daniel wanted him to be.
(c) He told Daniel he felt the same way.
(d) He belittled Daniel and threatened to tell everyone about it.

2. Professor Alan Snyder believes that autistic thought is:
(a) An extreme form of ordinary thought.
(b) A form of schizophrenia.
(c) Simple and immature.
(d) Bordering on insanity.

3. Why is learning new languages easier if you already know more than one?
(a) Languages belong to "families" of related, similar languages.
(b) Each language is a separate color in your mind.
(c) Your brain is in a receptive mode.
(d) All languages have the same syntax rules.

4. Many people on the autistic spectrum are very good at processing information in parts instead of holistically. This explains why Daniels is so good at:
(a) Counting.
(b) Computers.
(c) Proofreading.
(d) Writing.

5. Who taught Daniel how to play chess when Daniel was thirteen?
(a) His mother.
(b) His brother, Lee.
(c) His father.
(d) Rehan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Some scientists believe that metaphors may be the result of:

2. What was the name of the boy Daniel made friends with in secondary school?

3. What error did Daniel make out of nervousness at taking the public bus home from secondary school the first day?

4. Is epilepsy a cause or a symptom of brain injury?

5. How is it possible to acquire savant skills?

(see the answer key)

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