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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. What method does Daniel explain to the reader on how to test for a prime number?
(a) The Sieve of Eratosthenes.
(b) The Colander of Pyrogenes.
(c) The Cyrene Method.
(d) The Prime Method of Calculation.

2. What type of epilepsy was Daniel diagnosed with?
(a) Simple partial.
(b) Temporal lobe.
(c) Frontal lobe.
(d) Reflex.

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

4. How did Daniel spend a lot of his time in the house on Blithbury Road?
(a) Playing with trains.
(b) Writing.
(c) In his room, being silent.
(d) Watching television.

5. Professor Alan Snyder believes that autistic thought is:
(a) An extreme form of ordinary thought.
(b) Bordering on insanity.
(c) A form of schizophrenia.
(d) Simple and immature.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. At the age of two, where did Daniel begin to go on a daily basis?

4. What is Daniel's rare condition known as?

5. What is synesthesia?

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