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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Ten, A Very Large Slice of Pi.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When he feels very stressed, what does Daniel do?
(a) Count the powers of 2.
(b) Count to ten thousand.
(c) Yoga breathing.
(d) Breathe into a paper bag.

2. How does Daniel experience numbers?
(a) The same way you and I do.
(b) As numbers, shapes, and colors.
(c) As bits of food.
(d) As letters of the alphabet.

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

4. A game Daniel played with his siblings involved collecting books. What did they do with books?
(a) They built towers with them.
(b) They organized them as a library would.
(c) They donated them to libraries.
(d) They read them to one another.

5. How many languages does Daniel know?
(a) Ten.
(b) One.
(c) Eight.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. What 1988 film featured a character having a syndrome similar to Daniel's?

2. In Chapter 5, what does Daniel describe as his overwhelming feeling at the time?

3. Where does the name "pi" come from?

4. Six months after meeting Neil, what does Daniel do?

5. What does Daniel consider his first language to be?

(see the answer key)

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