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

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

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

4. Why does Daniel think sudden, loud noises bothered him so much as a child?
(a) He was nervous in general.
(b) They were unexpected and frightening.
(c) He thought he might get hurt.
(d) They hurt his infected ears.

5. What does Daniel consider his first language to be?
(a) Spanish
(b) English.
(c) Emotions.
(d) Numbers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sometimes, when Daniel is falling asleep at night, what does he see in his mind?

2. Professor Alan Snyder believes that autistic thought is:

3. How is it possible to acquire savant skills?

4. When Daniel had his second seizure, what did his father do?

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

(see the answer key)

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