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

2. What is Daniel's rare condition known as?
(a) Attention Developmental Disorder.
(b) Savant Syndrome.
(c) Severe Autism.
(d) Pervasive Delayed Disorder.

3. Daniel cried to get inside a bookstore because of a certain book. What was it?
(a) Mr. Men.
(b) Pippi Longstocking.
(c) The Little Engine That Could.
(d) Thomas the Tank Engine.

4. When Daniel's mother was growing up, what did she consider herself to be?
(a) A member of a loving family.
(b) Too old to play with her siblings.
(c) An outsider.
(d) A mother to everyone.

5. What is one of the reasons Daniel Tammet wrote this memoir?
(a) To make a lot of money in royalties.
(b) He knew he would enjoy book signings.
(c) To give him perspective on his life so far.
(d) To warn others of his challenges.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Daniel spend a lot of his time in the house on Blithbury Road?

3. When Daniel's father was just a child, what was his main chore in life?

4. What numerical calculation is Daniel's favorite type to do?

5. What did Daniel like so much about the books he piled up in his room?

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