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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 goes into detail to explain a certain mathematical topic. Which topic is that?
(a) Probability.
(b) Multiplication.
(c) Factoring.
(d) Prime numbers.

2. What is frontotemporal dementia (FTD)?
(a) A type of Alzheimer's disease.
(b) A degenerative brain disease.
(c) An allergic reaction to certain flowers.
(d) A newly discovered form of epilepsy.

3. Why are nouns Daniel's favorite parts of speech?
(a) They are easiest for him to visualize.
(b) They have a mathematical element.
(c) They are the easiest words to learn.
(d) The tense does not change.

4. What is Daniel's condition concerning epilepsy now?
(a) He still has break through seizures.
(b) He is still on medication but is seizure-free.
(c) He is off all medication but still has occasional seizures.
(d) He is seizure-free and off medication.

5. When Daniel's father returned home after a long hospitalization, how did the family celebrate?
(a) They did not have a celebration.
(b) They had a house party.
(c) They all gave him welcome home gifts.
(d) They went out for dinner.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Professor Alan Snyder believes that autistic thought is:

3. What illness struck Daniel's father when Daniel was ten years old?

4. What caused Daniel to be interested in learning Spanish?

5. When Daniel had his second seizure, what did his father do?

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