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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. How does Daniel experience numbers?
(a) As letters of the alphabet.
(b) As bits of food.
(c) As numbers, shapes, and colors.
(d) The same way you and I do.

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

3. How many languages does Daniel know?
(a) Five.
(b) Eight.
(c) One.
(d) Ten.

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

5. What 1988 film featured a character having a syndrome similar to Daniel's?
(a) A Cry in the Dark.
(b) Brain Damage.
(c) The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
(d) Rain Man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Daniel's brother, Steven, been diagnosed with?

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

3. Why did William John Edward's wife divorce him?

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

5. What numerical calculation is Daniel's favorite type to do?

(see the answer key)

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