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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four, School Days.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is synesthesia?
(a) A rare neurological mixing of the senses.
(b) An extremely rare form of schizophrenia.
(c) A disease whereby one's limbs fall asleep.
(d) A form of deep depression.

2. What did Daniel always look for in the library when he was younger?
(a) Books about savants.
(b) The most colorful books.
(c) A book about numbers.
(d) A book with his name on it.

3. Daniel was relentless at doing one thing when he was a baby. What was that?
(a) Crying.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Eating.
(d) Laughing.

4. What item did Daniel break in school that cost him a letter of apology and his parents' money?
(a) The class door window.
(b) The teacher's glass apple.
(c) Plates in the lunchroom.
(d) His desk.

5. To Daniel, one of the most important things in school was:
(a) His friends.
(b) Predictability.
(c) Sports Day.
(d) The lunch program.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what voice is the story told?

2. Why did the Tammet family need to bargain hunt in charity shops and do their own home repairs?

3. What has Daniel's brother, Steven, been diagnosed with?

4. When Daniel's mother was growing up, what did she consider herself to be?

5. When Daniel's father took a different route to nursery school one morning, how did Daniel react?

(see the answer key)

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