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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 was the first foreign language that Daniel learned from a neighbor?
(a) Greek.
(b) French.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Finnish.

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

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

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

5. Who did Daniel help with advice on learning Romanian?
(a) His Lithuanian friend, Birute.
(b) His friend, Ian.
(c) Neil's mother.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what quality can Daniel recognize every prime number up to 9,973?

2. Professor Ramachandran theorizes that language emerged:

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

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

5. What happens to Jay in 2004?

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