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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. How was Daniel's development as a child with walking and speaking?
(a) Age-appropriate.
(b) No one was sure.
(c) Gifted.
(d) Severely delayed.

2. How does the narrator know that he was born on a Wednesday?
(a) A physician told him.
(b) He looked up the date on a calendar.
(c) The date is blue in his mind and Wednesdays are always blue.
(d) His mother reminds him of this.

3. In what voice is the story told?
(a) Second person.
(b) Third person.
(c) Omniscient
(d) First person.

4. When Daniel had his second seizure, what did his father do?
(a) Called an ambulance and waited.
(b) Brought him to the hospital in a taxi.
(c) Called his wife for help.
(d) Held him down to secure him.

5. By what quality can Daniel recognize every prime number up to 9,973?
(a) Their "pebble-like" quality.
(b) Their rounded shapes.
(c) Their interesting color.
(d) Their "dagger-like" quality.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Daniel always look for in the library when he was younger?

2. What is frontotemporal dementia (FTD)?

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

4. Daniel developed a love for a certain type of story as a child. These were:

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

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