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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 two tests were given Daniel to diagnosis his epilepsy?
(a) EEG and MRI.
(b) CAT and MRI.
(c) X-ray and EEG.
(d) Bloodwork and skin testing.

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

3. What is Daniel's condition concerning epilepsy now?
(a) He is still on medication but is seizure-free.
(b) He is off all medication but still has occasional seizures.
(c) He is seizure-free and off medication.
(d) He still has break through seizures.

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

5. A brilliant painter who suffered from seizures was:
(a) Van Gogh.
(b) Rembrandt.
(c) Monet.
(d) Manet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Daniel was relentless at doing one thing when he was a baby. What was that?

2. Many people on the autistic spectrum are very good at processing information in parts instead of holistically. This explains why Daniels is so good at:

3. What type of epilepsy was Daniel diagnosed with?

4. About how many children in Britain with an autistic spectrum disorder develop a certain type of epilepsy by adolescence?

5. What is one of the reasons Daniel Tammet wrote this memoir?

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