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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Six, Adolescence.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How is it possible to acquire savant skills?
(a) One can only be born that way.
(b) By concentrating on one side of the brain.
(c) Through a type of hypnosis.
(d) Through illness or injury to the brain.

3. What health issue did Daniel's grandfather have?
(a) Heart disease.
(b) Mental illness.
(c) Epilepsy.
(d) Multiple sclerosis.

4. What error did Daniel make out of nervousness at taking the public bus home from secondary school the first day?
(a) He had no money for the bus.
(b) He took the bus going in the wrong direction.
(c) He yelled at the bus driver to hurry home.
(d) He forgot which number bus he should take.

5. What is one of the reasons Daniel Tammet wrote this memoir?
(a) To give him perspective on his life so far.
(b) He knew he would enjoy book signings.
(c) To warn others of his challenges.
(d) To make a lot of money in royalties.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Daniel love the most about school assemblies?

2. What was Daniel's favorite shape?

3. What was Daniel's favorite subject in secondary school?

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

5. As the Tammet family grew in size, what did they do to accommodate three additional children?

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