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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. A brilliant painter who suffered from seizures was:
(a) Van Gogh.
(b) Monet.
(c) Manet.
(d) Rembrandt.

2. About how many children in Britain with an autistic spectrum disorder develop a certain type of epilepsy by adolescence?
(a) One percent.
(b) Half.
(c) A third.
(d) Nearly none.

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

4. In what experiment did Daniel participate with Dr. Gary Morgan in 2005?
(a) Reacting to bird song.
(b) Synesthetic connections.
(c) Emotional language.
(d) Learning British sign language.

5. Who in Daniel's family had also suffered from epilepsy?
(a) His mother's father.
(b) His father's brother.
(c) His maternal aunt.
(d) His father's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Daniel's favorite subject in secondary school?

2. Why did Daniel's parents have to clear the floor in his room at night, leave a hall light, on and put a gate at the top of the stairs?

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

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

5. Why did William John Edward's wife divorce him?

(see the answer key)

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