Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

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Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Daniel Tammet
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Two, Early Years.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Daniel's father was just a child, what was his main chore in life?
(a) Delivering newspapers.
(b) Making his bed every morning.
(c) Cooking dinner every evening.
(d) Bringing up his younger siblings.

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

4. Who are Daniel's heroes?
(a) All of his teachers.
(b) He has no heroes.
(c) The characters in his books.
(d) His parents.

5. What 1988 film featured a character having a syndrome similar to Daniel's?
(a) Brain Damage.
(b) Rain Man.
(c) A Cry in the Dark.
(d) The Unbearable Lightness of Being.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Asperger's Syndrome?

2. Daniel was once looking at his favorite book during story time. What did he begin to do that had everyone looking at him?

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

4. Daniel cried to get inside a bookstore because of a certain book. What was it?

5. In what voice is the story told?

(see the answer key)

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