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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Five, Odd One Out.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Daniel mix with other children his age?
(a) He was sociable.
(b) He scared them off.
(c) He was the life of the party.
(d) He was a loner.

3. What is frontotemporal dementia (FTD)?
(a) An allergic reaction to certain flowers.
(b) A type of Alzheimer's disease.
(c) A degenerative brain disease.
(d) A newly discovered form of epilepsy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. A game Daniel played with his siblings involved collecting books. What did they do with books?

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

5. What is synesthesia?

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