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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. What is the value of pi?
(a) 3.125
(b) 3.16
(c) 4(8/9)
(d) 3 1/7

2. In Chapter 6, Daniel goes into detail to explain a certain mathematical topic. Which topic is that?
(a) Multiplication.
(b) Probability.
(c) Prime numbers.
(d) Factoring.

3. Which obsession of Daniel's caused his parents to be quite frustrated?
(a) Numbers.
(b) Taking buses.
(c) Collecting things.
(d) Painting.

4. Daniel sees a tarakona in his kitchen. What is that?
(a) An ant.
(b) A cockroach.
(c) A mouse.
(d) A grasshopper.

5. What types of words does Daniel find most difficult?
(a) Adverbs.
(b) Abstract words.
(c) Metaphors.
(d) Adjectives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first foreign language that Daniel learned from a neighbor?

2. Who is Daniel's landlord in his Lithuanian apartment building?

3. What diet did Daniel prefer as a child?

4. To Daniel, one of the most important things in school was:

5. What alphabet first prompted Daniel's interest in different languages?

(see the answer key)

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