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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the Tammet family need to bargain hunt in charity shops and do their own home repairs?
(a) Both parents decided to stay home and raise the family.
(b) They were all lazy and did not want to work.
(c) Daniel's father had gotten fired.
(d) Salaries had been sharply cut at the time.

2. What alphabet first prompted Daniel's interest in different languages?
(a) The Hebrew alphabet.
(b) The Greek alphabet.
(c) The Arabic alphabet.
(d) The Phoenician alphabet.

3. Who did Daniel eat his lunch with on the first day of secondary school?
(a) He found the teacher's lounge and ate with the teachers.
(b) He did not eat that day.
(c) He ate with Barak.
(d) He ate at a table alone.

4. In Chapter 6, Daniel discusses an awkward love note he handed to someone when he was sixteen. How did this person respond?
(a) He told Daniel he felt the same way.
(b) He belittled Daniel and threatened to tell everyone about it.
(c) He laughed in Daniel's face.
(d) He said he could not be the person Daniel wanted him to be.

5. What is Asperger's Syndrome?
(a) An IQ score of over 170.
(b) A mild, high-functioning form of autism.
(c) A mild degree of schizophrenia.
(d) A debilitating form of autism.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Daniel's parents describe his personality to others?

2. How does the narrator know that he was born on a Wednesday?

3. For what school project did Daniel receive a top grade?

4. There were everyday activities children learn that Daniel took much longer than average to do. One of these was:

5. Professor Alan Snyder believes that autistic thought is:

(see the answer key)

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