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. 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.

2. Sometimes, when Daniel is falling asleep at night, what does he see in his mind?
(a) Bright light and many numbers.
(b) A dark tunnel and math books.
(c) Lakes with numbers swimming in them.
(d) Landscapes of mountains.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Daniel intrigued with in nursery school?

2. What did Daniel always look for in the library when he was younger?

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

4. What is Asperger's Syndrome?

5. Why does Daniel think sudden, loud noises bothered him so much as a child?

(see the answer key)

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