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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. Where did Daniel's father end up living for a year and a half when he was a child?
(a) In Scotland.
(b) In a large orphanage.
(c) In a hostel for the homeless.
(d) With his ill father.

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

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

4. When Daniel had his second seizure, what did his father do?
(a) Called an ambulance and waited.
(b) Called his wife for help.
(c) Held him down to secure him.
(d) Brought him to the hospital in a taxi.

5. How was Daniel's development as a child with walking and speaking?
(a) Gifted.
(b) No one was sure.
(c) Severely delayed.
(d) Age-appropriate.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Daniel "see" words and language?

2. What made Daniel groggy at times and sensitive to sunlight?

3. How did Daniel mix with other children his age?

4. Into what genre would this book fall?

5. When Daniel's father took a different route to nursery school one morning, how did Daniel react?

(see the answer key)

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