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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Three, Struck by Lightning: Epilepsy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the age of two, where did Daniel begin to go on a daily basis?
(a) The children's hospital.
(b) Nursery school.
(c) Physical therapy.
(d) A childcare center.

2. Why did William John Edward's wife divorce him?
(a) Doctors told her to move on because of her husband's mental illness.
(b) She did not have long to live and wanted her husband to remarry.
(c) Her husband had cheated on her and she felt she had no choice.
(d) She was in love with someone else.

3. What is frontotemporal dementia (FTD)?
(a) An allergic reaction to certain flowers.
(b) A type of Alzheimer's disease.
(c) A newly discovered form of epilepsy.
(d) A degenerative brain disease.

4. How does Daniel "see" words and language?
(a) As multiplication tables.
(b) As numbers.
(c) As colors and textures.
(d) As other languages.

5. What was Daniel intrigued with in nursery school?
(a) Lights.
(b) Textures on the ground.
(c) Music.
(d) Other children's faces.

Short Answer Questions

1. Is epilepsy a cause or a symptom of brain injury?

2. Who in Daniel's family had also suffered from epilepsy?

3. Professor Alan Snyder believes that autistic thought is:

4. How was Daniel's development as a child with walking and speaking?

5. How did Daniel's parents describe his personality to others?

(see the answer key)

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